http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/ Quit smoking today Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12820 gofertop Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:49:26 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12820 This is totally natural. Your sputum should return to a clear color eventually; you just have a lot of junk in your system right now. Reminder: your lungs will never recover 100% back to the way they were before you started smoking This is totally natural. Your sputum should return to a clear color eventually; you just have a lot of junk in your system right now. Reminder: your lungs will never recover 100% back to the way they were before you started smoking

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12819 LittleMo Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:51:53 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12819 Okay, don't laugh, but I saw the anwer to your question on Oprah. There was a lung specialist on there talking about that very question. He said it takes approximately 10 years for your lungs to return to their pre-smoking condition. Okay, don’t laugh, but I saw the anwer to your question on Oprah. There was a lung specialist on there talking about that very question. He said it takes approximately 10 years for your lungs to return to their pre-smoking condition.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12818 Buffalo Gal Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:48 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12818 Oh Lord ... You need to ask a doctor. I've never heard of that before. I had a friend who had a lung operation when she was 21 and the Doc said her lung was green and slimey! YUK! I hope you get a professional opinion. Oh Lord … You need to ask a doctor. I’ve never heard of that before. I had a friend who had a lung operation when she was 21 and the Doc said her lung was green and slimey! YUK! I hope you get a professional opinion.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12817 tsoto_so Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:40:30 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12817 Yes, your lungs can "clean up". Just stick with your smoking cessation program and don't give up! You are doing something great for yourself! Good job! Eventually the coughing of phlegm will stop. Yes, your lungs can “clean up”. Just stick with your smoking cessation program and don’t give up! You are doing something great for yourself! Good job! Eventually the coughing of phlegm will stop.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12816 Bronze Garden Statues Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:27:17 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12816 The coughing, after you quit smoking, is typical. Yes, your lungs will clean up (takes time). Just hope that you haven't developed Emphysema. Don't start smoking again. Congratulations. It is definitely very difficult to stop smoking !! I wish you well. Oh, and drink lots & lots of water. The coughing, after you quit smoking, is typical. Yes, your lungs will clean up (takes time). Just hope that you haven’t developed Emphysema. Don’t start smoking again.
Congratulations. It is definitely very difficult to stop smoking !!
I wish you well.
Oh, and drink lots & lots of water.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12815 mrsunshi Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:55:06 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12815 yes yes

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12814 Doofus Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:34:53 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12814 Congratulations on quitting. In this case, quitters do win. Yes much of the crap will eventually come out but some of the damage will be permanent. Emphysema is permanent as is the possibility of a cancer having been started. As you know, don't start is the best advice followed by quit now. If you are quitting, DON'T start again! It is really sad to see someone who has quit take it up again. There is nothing to gain and much to loose. Congratulations on quitting. In this case, quitters do win. Yes much of the crap will eventually come out but some of the damage will be permanent. Emphysema is permanent as is the possibility of a cancer having been started. As you know, don’t start is the best advice followed by quit now. If you are quitting, DON’T start again! It is really sad to see someone who has quit take it up again. There is nothing to gain and much to loose.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12813 the crusader Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:37:36 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12813 That's actually what your lungs are doing. Nicotine is a drug that paralyzes the microfilaments (very fine hairs) that are responsible for moving mucous and other debree out of the lungs. Because these hairs are paralyzed by Nicotine, smokers have to forcible cough things out. Hence, the smokers cough. Now that you have regained the use of these microfilaments, they are doing their job by removing all the tar and other wastes that have built up in your lungs while you have smoked. Your lungs will be cleaned out and you won't see this anymore after awhile. That’s actually what your lungs are doing. Nicotine is a drug that paralyzes the microfilaments (very fine hairs) that are responsible for moving mucous and other debree out of the lungs. Because these hairs are paralyzed by Nicotine, smokers have to forcible cough things out. Hence, the smokers cough. Now that you have regained the use of these microfilaments, they are doing their job by removing all the tar and other wastes that have built up in your lungs while you have smoked. Your lungs will be cleaned out and you won’t see this anymore after awhile.

]]> http://www.smokinghelper.com/questions-and-answers/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-12812 Massage Pillows Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:35:07 +0000 http://www.smokinghelper.com/can-my-lungs-clean-themselves-after-i-stop-smoking/#comment-12812 Eventually, but it takes a LONG time for lungs to completely recover from smoking. Eventually, but it takes a LONG time for lungs to completely recover from smoking.

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