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Are There Any Changes In Defecation After Quitting Smoking?
Question: after quitting smoking what happens to your stool
Brief Answer:
Constipation as an immediate effect.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Small, short and specific.
The only immediate problem is constipation only if you have trained your bowel to be stimulated for passing motion in the morning with the smoking. Some people smoke after food supposedly to have proper digestion. Nicotine has a direct effect on the intestines , brain and psyche.
Otherwise nothing specific.
The long term effect of quitting smoking are ::
The appetite increases, one starts taking good food. This in turn changes the quantity and quality of your stools.
You start feeling good and ultimately there is a direct positive effect on every aspect of life, which directly or indirectly affects foods and bowel habits too.
Constipation as an immediate effect.
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Small, short and specific.
The only immediate problem is constipation only if you have trained your bowel to be stimulated for passing motion in the morning with the smoking. Some people smoke after food supposedly to have proper digestion. Nicotine has a direct effect on the intestines , brain and psyche.
Otherwise nothing specific.
The long term effect of quitting smoking are ::
The appetite increases, one starts taking good food. This in turn changes the quantity and quality of your stools.
You start feeling good and ultimately there is a direct positive effect on every aspect of life, which directly or indirectly affects foods and bowel habits too.
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