P.A.S - Dangers (Your Body): Urinary & Reproductive Organs

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Male smokers have a greater chance than nonsmokers to suffer from damage in the process of sperm production, which causes the decrease in the amount and quality of the sperms.
In addition, there is a connection between smoking and erection problems. The damage smoking causes is cumulative. Years of smoking make it difficult for men to achieve or sustain an erection. Teenage smokers who can't kick the habit could be impotent by the time they reach their 30s or 40s.
Smoking causes a buildup of fatty deposits in delicate blood vessels. But instead of blocking blood flow to the heart, as in the case of heart disease, it stops the supply to the penis.
Nicotine can also cause rapid contractions in penile tissue or damage a valve mechanism that traps blood in the penis.
Research studies have shown that smoking can increase the chances of becoming impotent by 50 percent and can also compound other risk factors for erectile dysfunction.

Women who smoke for a long time suffer, as a result, from irregularity in their period.
Furhtermore, smoking drastically reduces fertility in women - a higher risk for sterility.
Not only does it reduce fertility, but it also reduces the number of fertile years. Women who smoke will reach menopause a few years earlier than nonsmokers.

Smoking also increases the odds to develop a type of bladder cancer known as transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. TCC is the most common form of bladder cancer, accounting for about 90 percent of cases. Smokers are about twice as likely to develop that cancer then nonsmokers.
Chemicals in tobacco smoke may make their way through the body into urine. When urine accumulates in the baldder, these chemicals may damage the lining of the organ.
Besides putting people at risk for that particular type of bladder cancer, cigarette smoking may also decrease the odds of surviving the desease.

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