What Are My Chances Of Getting Copd If I Quit Smoking...
dont answer if you dont know what pack years is……
also dnt preach about quitting smoking i know that.
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5 Responses to “What Are My Chances Of Getting Copd If I Quit Smoking At Age 29 And Have A 3.5 Pack Year Smoking History?”
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February 15th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Because people have different body makeups as how well there immune system fights off toxins, I or anybody could not give you “odds” of getting COPD. A 3.5pack year smoking history is ambiguous …. is that your total pack year history? Say if you smoked for 5 years, then your pack year history 17.5 years. But if you truly have just a 3.5 year pack history, then the odds are slim. The chances become greater the earlier your started smoking.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
0 you are big they wont say anything you are big to smoke thanks .
February 15th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
after 10yrs of abstinence, the risk is same as that in a normal non-smoker
February 15th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
The risk is the same my friend.
I’m sorry,
Charlie
May 23rd, 2011 at 10:04 pm
It depends largely on your genetics too. If you are unfortunate and have an alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (about 1 in 600 – have a mild risk and 1 in 2000 a heavy risk) then you are more prone to developing emphysema type symptoms as the lungs fail to inhibit elastases, therefore reducing the elastic recoil of the lungs. COPD type symptoms don’t usually present with a 3.5 pack year history. Typically on wards, you see people who have smoked 80 a day for 40 years. Chronic bronchitis is classed as productive cough for 3 months or longer in a year, for 2 consecutive years, so I think you’ll be OK. Just don’t start smoking again! As an ex-smoker myself, it was the best decision i made to quit! Hope this helps.