Tobacco addiction brings many problems that worsen the life of a cigarette lover. Persistence and other symptoms in the larynx occur both during smoking and after quitting. ENT, neurologist, endocrinologist sometimes try unsuccessfully to help, figuring out why after smoking a sore throat.
The list of harmful components in cigarettes
The following are the substances causing cigarette smoke that provoke pain:
- Arsenic. Its accumulation in the body causes systemic failures, changes metabolic processes. The concentration of poison increases in the bronchi, causing tissue destruction.
- Polonium-210. A radioactive substance that irradiates the body. The stable action of this element shortens a person's life.
- Radium. Substance from the category of heavy metals. Causes mutations and malignant tumors.
- Benzopyrene. Blocks the interchange between cells. The water balance is disturbed, the cells are depleted and die.
- Nicotine. It causes dependence, replacing other elements in metabolic processes.
- Resin. An integral element of cigarettes, like tannins. Resins make tobacco smoke heavier, block metabolic processes in the tissues of the larynx, as a result of which pain is possible.
- Carbon dioxide. It provokes starvation of cells, penetrating into the blood and replacing oxygen. Hypoxia occurs. Due to a lack of oxygen, the heart works faster to provide the organs with the necessary gas. Therefore, coming arrhythmia is not excluded.
- Hydrogen cyanide. Destructive for the bronchi, which is why chronic diseases develop.
Incurable abnormalities develop from smoking, and if the throat hurts after smoking, this is the primary symptom of a disruption in cell interaction. Manifestations of this kind cannot be triggered. In addition, the true causes are sometimes easier to identify than it might seem.
Causes of pain
Sometimes the throat hurts after quitting smoking. The body independently tries to get rid of pathologies, and it is likely that further treatment is not required. But it all depends on the category of reasons. Sometimes unpleasant sensations cannot be eliminated with tablets and rinses.
Reasons for sore throat after smoking:
- a person is trying to quit smoking;
- the brand of cigarettes was changed;
- the dose of cigarettes has been increased or decreased;
- the likelihood of developing cancer;
- the symptom appeared due to the penetration of the virus into the body;
- muscle tension in the lower throat;
- gastrointestinal problems;
- dysfunction of the thyroid gland (inflammation, iodine deficiency, autoimmune diseases);
- chronic diseases of the pharynx: pharyngitis, bronchitis, sinusitis, rhinitis, tracheitis, laryngitis;
- osteochondrosis - a problem with the cervical spine, characteristic of smokers with experience;
- the pain arose as a result of stress, a nervous breakdown.
The death after giving up a bad habit is caused by the fact that the body begins to remove toxins accumulated over many years of smoking. Overcoming inflammation at the initial stage, which lasts about two weeks, is permissible on its own. In other cases, in order to find out the reason that causes a sore throat after smoking cigarettes, it is necessary to undergo examination by specialists.
Smoking a hookah can be considered less harmful than usual, but the dose of nicotine is much higher than when inhaling cigarette smoke. The danger lies in the fact that a person does not have the feeling that he has smoked, and therefore the saturation of the body with resins is more intense.
Causes of sore throat:
- due to continuous coughing;
- post-cold period;
- as a side effect of treatment;
- neck injury;
- digestive disorders;
- overweight.
Symptoms of a coma in the throat
Symptoms of a coma in the throat can be felt differently, but they share one thing in common: a sensation of a foreign body inside that makes it difficult to breathe.
In addition, a hoarse voice, dry cough, itching, burning, suffocation, complications when chewing and swallowing food, inflammation of the mucous membrane can occur. In the larynx, one may feel compaction, soreness, movement.
Pain sometimes resembles a common cold. It happens episodic, disappears after a smoked cigarette on its own.
If the characteristic sensations are caused by quitting smoking, then they will disappear after a couple of weeks, but if they become permanent, they may be due to tracheal damage or the development of cancer.
Physical Disease: Detailed Symptoms
Smoker's bronchitis: develops in a person who has been abusing smoking for a long time. If the habit persists for more than 15 years, this disease is diagnosed in 98% of patients. In addition to coughing, the defeat of the entire bronchopulmonary area with pathology joins.
Emphysema: shortness of breath and depressed breathing; persistent, paroxysmal cough, sputum with exacerbation; the presence of purulent expectoration.
Pathologies of the digestive tract: a lump sensation occurs not only after smoking, but also after eating; a certain amount of gastric juice, which irritates the tissue, is thrown into the respiratory tract.
Thyroid gland: on the basis of prolonged smoking, inhibition of iodine production occurs, which is exacerbated by the state of the organ in case of nicotine addiction.
Oncological diseases: severe dry cough, constant hoarseness, loss of voice and problems with swallowing; constantly sore throat after smoking, there is a sensation of coma.
Other physical diseases: accompaniment of autoimmune diseases; inflammation of the endocrine glands.
Psychological background
A lump in the throat occurs on the basis of an imbalance and a disorder of the central nervous system during smoking, which affects the psycho-emotional state of a person. One of the reasons is a severe stressful situation in which the symptom disappears on its own after three hours.
In addition to the symptoms listed above, when a throat hurts after smoking, carcinophobia may be present: a psychological illness based on a person’s fear of cancer.
Long smoking history leads to chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract. Pathology is accompanied by an increase in the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs. The volume of tissue begins to create pressure on the throat, which causes a lump.
Diagnosis and treatment
The treatment of a coma in the throat has a lot of nuances that only a doctor can figure out.
Who to contact:
- to find out the real cause of a coma in the throat will help a gastroenterologist;
- oncologist: prescribe surgery to remove the tumor, chemotherapy.
In addition to the main treatment for sore throat after smoking, it is recommended that every effort be made to clear the airways of sputum. For this purpose, "Ambrobene", "Bromhexine", infusions of thermopsis and others are used, depending on the characteristics of the symptoms.
Another consequence that develops as a result of smoking is chronic bronchitis, which does not disappear after getting rid of a bad habit. Its symptoms will remain, the disease will require serious medical intervention.
If, after smoking, the throat hurts on one side, there is the likelihood of otitis media, which is treated comprehensively, or sinusitis. As for the discomfort on the right, a diagnosis such as mumps, angina pectoris, meningitis, tuberculosis and tumors of the cervical vertebra is possible.
Help with medicines
In order to get rid of the symptoms of a coma in the throat, experts prescribe drugs to cleanse the respiratory tract from sputum. Reflex medications provoke the intensive production of bronchial secretions, as a result of which the organs are cleansed at an accelerated pace.
Topical drugs of various kinds:
- Reflex medications include herbal remedies based on marshmallow, thyme, ledum, licorice, coltsfoot, and thermopsis.
- Means of direct exposure to the bronchi through secretion: Travisil, Amtersol, Suprima-Broncho, Herbion, Linkas Lor, Stoptussin-Forte, Glyciram, licorice root.
- Mucolytic drugs: they are prescribed if a painful cough is accompanied by sputum that is difficult to separate. Most of the products are made on a plant basis: Acetylcysteine, Ascoril, Bromhexine, Joset, Ambroxol, Carbocysteine, Kashnol.
- Bronchodilators that effectively relieve spasms and assist in the elimination of sputum. The most effective products designed to expand the bronchopulmonary lumen: Berodual, Salbutamol, Eufillin, Berotek.
To relieve inflammation, you can carry out inhalation with antiseptic solutions and gargling, which helps to get rid of the sensation of coma, has a beneficial effect on the smooth muscles of the throat. Sometimes experts prescribe hormonal drugs.
People's pharmacy
Properly selected natural remedies are no less effective than traditional medicines, and it is easy to prepare them.
If throat hurts after smoking cigarettes, what should I do?
- Brew a glass of boiled water dry leaves of plantain (20 g), hold on a steam bath for about 20 minutes, strain and cool the infusion. Take 15 ml 30 minutes before meals three times a day. Course duration - up to 30 days.
- Brew a mixture of sage, aniseed seeds, pine buds - 10 g each type of herb, add licorice root - 15 g. The resulting broth should be left to insist for about 40 minutes, cool, strain. Take a cup of drink for 30 days.
- Brew a mixture of marshmallow and coltsfoot, taken equally, with a glass of boiling water, add oregano in half the size of the volume of the previous ingredients. Insist for half an hour. Take half a glass 3 times a day for 3 weeks.
Universal recipes
There are recipes that effectively relieve the symptoms of perspiration and a coma in the throat.
- Dissolve a spoonful of salt in a glass of boiled water, add 5 drops of iodine; gargle with a decoction up to 7 times a day.
- Pour plantain leaves (spoon) with boiling water (200 ml), insist 20 minutes. Gargle every 3 hours.
- Dissolve the tablet "Furacilin" in a glass of warm water, apply to gargle from 5 times a day.
- Oregano (2 tablespoons) brew a glass of boiling water, insist 40 minutes, rinse about 5 times a day.
If a sore throat after smoking, what should I do before a diagnosis is made?
- Take anesthetics that fight inflammation: Kameton (oil-spray), Strepsils (tablets), Septolete (sprays, tablets, lozenges), Furacilin (tablets for preparing a cleansing solution for the throat), " Chlorhexidine "(solution), means for inhalation:" Prednisolone "," Dioxidine ".
- Take mucolytics: Ambrobene, ACC, Bromhexine.
- To drink an anesthetic: Paracetamol, Analgin. These funds may be considered temporary. A visit to the doctor is needed in the very near future.
An alternative to help the body
To facilitate overcoming addiction to tobacco, it is permissible to use electronic cigarettes. But it should be borne in mind that this method has its consequences.
To help the body overcome the ailment, it is recommended to resort to the following methods:
- control the amount of water drunk: from 1.5 liters per day;
- reduce the amount of salt and products containing it;
- consume as many vegetables and fruits as possible;
- refuse to eat solid foods.
If coughing continues to bother you after quitting smoking, it is recommended that you use a well-known herbal expectorant.
Prevention of a coma in the throat
Prevention of a coma in the throat after smoking:
- breathe through the nose in the cold season (this warms and purifies the air before it gets into the throat);
- quit smoking and alcohol;
- do not overwork the throat;
- avoid stressful situations.
Why quit smoking:
- toxic compounds destroy the mucous membranes of the larynx, increase the risk of infections, cause inflammation;
- resins accumulate on the walls of blood vessels, condense, turn into blood clots, as a result of which, with the slightest violation, a stroke or heart attack (rupture of a vessel in the brain or heart) can occur;
- many invisible vessels located in the limb zone are able to die together with the surrounding tissues, as a result of which gangrene develops;
- lung or larynx cancer - a common disease of smokers;
- tobacco dependence activates the schizophrenia gene by acting on the gene responsible for the structure of the brain.
A person complaining of symptoms of malaise, recognizing that his throat hurts after drinking and smoking, is forced to draw the appropriate conclusions. But before dealing with an annoying nuisance in the form of persistent perspiration or coma, it is recommended to undergo an examination of the body.
In the case of oncology, it is not advisable to spend time on treatment with expectorant drugs; instead, it is worth getting a competent expert advice.