According to the World Health Organization, however, quitting smoking four weeks before surgery lower the risk of surgical complications and even more than four weeks for a more effective result.
Taking four weeks of a smoking break after a week of tobacco intake makes the flow of blood better by improving the flow to necessary organs. The outcome of the health of the smoker as a result of this is improved by 19%.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a number of diseases can be prevented if smoking is shunned. Lung cancer, heart failure, hypertension to mention a few.
Smoking also has damages it does to the immune system that may lead to infection on wounds after surgery. Vinayak Prasad said that if a delay in a surgery won’t pose a health risk on the patient if the surgery turns out to be non-emergency surgery, smokers then should be given a four weeks break to quit smoking before the commencement of their surgery.
All of these are in a bid to help smokers also since it was gathered and that non-smokers do better than smokers under anaesthetics. There are components found in tobacco that drops the level of oxygen, this then automatically puts the smoker at risk of complications after surgery that is most likely related to the heart.
Heart-related complications.Since recovering fine after surgery is not only the work of the patient but also for the health care provider as much as the guardian. Health care providers are now helping patients to stop the intake of tobacco for as much as four weeks or even more before surgery.
Even guardians and friends are encouraged not to be left out in helping smokers quit smoking and prepare for their surgery. Finally, WHO advised countries to include in their health system educational campaigns to create awareness on the importance of quitting smoking and all the risk smoking poses on their health.
