Never smoke before surgery
If you’re a smoker, this means that any surgery you would possibly need will require you to stop smoking for a while. Surgeries are more complicated for smokers than for those who do not smoke. In fact, pulmonologist Humberto Choi explained that smoking before any surgery might put you at a higher risk for postoperative heart attacks, pneumonia, or even death.
And the reason for this is weirdly simple: it’s more difficult for anesthesiologists to keep smokers breathing while they’re under anesthesia.” On top of that, wounds heal slower for those who smoke than for those who don’t like smoking.
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How come I’ve never seen this list in any medical facility? How come I never hear or read from ophthalmologists about wearing sunglasses when outside in the sun, especially at the beach and over water? How come there is only a cursory announcement of the dangers of digesting pills laced with harmful drugs?