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How Harmful Hookah Smoking Is For A Slender Person With Low BP?

Age:18 height: 5'6 weight:102lbs no medical history. I have been to a hookah bar twice this week and was wondering how bad hookah really is for you. I have low blood pressure and am a slender person, is it worse for me to smoke because of my low blood pressure and slender size?
Wed, 27 Aug 2014
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Basically hookah is cigarettes. There isn't that much difference unless you put something other than regular tobacco into it. It's a stretch to say low blood pressure interacts. but if you have to really inhale with a LOT of pressure, it can trigger a reflex lowering of pulse and blood pressure (VASO-VAGAL REACTION) that could make you faint. I have had a patient who popped a lung with straining. but this was the most thoracic straining he did in his whole (70 yr) life--far more than just inhaling. No, not so much of a risk. The main risk is getting hooked (hookah'd?) on tobacco and smoking a lot more than 2x a week!
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How Harmful Hookah Smoking Is For A Slender Person With Low BP?

Basically hookah is cigarettes. There isn t that much difference unless you put something other than regular tobacco into it. It s a stretch to say low blood pressure interacts. but if you have to really inhale with a LOT of pressure, it can trigger a reflex lowering of pulse and blood pressure (VASO-VAGAL REACTION) that could make you faint. I have had a patient who popped a lung with straining. but this was the most thoracic straining he did in his whole (70 yr) life--far more than just inhaling. No, not so much of a risk. The main risk is getting hooked (hookah d?) on tobacco and smoking a lot more than 2x a week!