Why does nicotine slow the healing of broken bones? -
Why does nicotine slow the healing of broken bones? -
I broke my ankle and the doctor said if I didn-t stop smoking it would take longer to heal. Why? Please no anti smoking nazis telling me how bad smoking is.Nicotine constricts blood vessels that supply your extremities like your hands and feet. Without adequate blood supply, things take longer to heal.This is why people with diabetes can get ulcers or gangrene on their feet, because the high glucose damages the blood vessels and decreases the blood supply. Fortunately the effects of nicotine should go away if you stop smoking.it can lower or highten blood pressure and keep nutrients from being absorbed from the blood, and may put hazerdous materials in the cells, or they might keep the bonemakers (blastocytes) in your bones from making bone at the same rate. It could be any number of things that came from the cigarettes as they may contain toxic metals. And I am not preaching anti-smoking. There are plenty of people that already do that.Nicotine is a toxin that puts strain on your body. Ingesting nicotine is conceptually the same as drinking bleach or eating rat droppings in small quantities. Nicotine damages your body every time you consume it and the body expends resources to repair that damage, which in your case the resources are needed elsewhere to mend a bone.Well, Because smoking makes the bone healing process really really slow so you should stop smoking !
Can someone PLEASE answer my question?
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Smoking causes bones to heal slower because it decreases circulation. Bones and tissues--especially ones that are healing--need an adequate blood supply to do so.
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