My grandmother died of cancer. She was a serious chain smoker. I lived with her several years of my life. Her and I lived with her boyfriend who was also a chain smoker. In otherwords, the house always had a least two lit cigarettes in it. My mother and father have both smoked inside all of my life as well. My grandma had all of the bones in her body from her hips up infected and possibly more.
2006-08-20 11:23:56 · 19 answers · asked by Hottestwallflower 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Your grandmother likely died from her smoking so the good news with that is it wasn't genetic. But you have been exposed to second hand smoke which is not so good for you. The good news is within a few years of getting away from second-hand smoke, your lungs heal back to almost complete normal, where you wouldn't have any higher risk than a non-smoker in a non-smoking environment. But you still may be a little bit more likely than others to get cancer, especially lung cancer or whatever is in your family. More good news is that yearly preventive tests will allow you to discover it early making it very likely that it is treatable and you will be a cancer survivor. But, most importantly, do not get too preoccupied with this. You can't worry about things you cannot control and it will only stress you out for no good reason. Studies show optimists live longer and for some reason respond better to medicine. Who knows if this is true, but optimism never hurts. Just stay away from the smoke from now on. Good luck.
2006-08-20 11:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by surfer2966 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well it's unfortunate that you were exposed to all that second hand smoke which is worse than first hand because they are sucking it up through a filter...still I never got that because if you smoked indoors you still breathed up the residues.
Unfortunately it was as if you had smoked all those years too, and for every year one smokes it takes 3 years to undo the damage...so if you smoked 10 years after 30 years your lungs would be clear again.
Whether it means you get cancer...it's possible...but then my son got cancer at 11 and what did he do in his short life? No smoke or anything bad...in fact I made sure of it.
No one knows what life holds in store for them so don't spend what time you do have on this planet worrying about things that may or may never come to be.
2006-08-20 18:34:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are more likely to get cancer than someone that lived in a house with no smokers.
http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/pubs/strsfs.html
"In early 1993, EPA released a report (Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking: Lung Cancer and Other Disorders; EPA/600/6-90/006 F) that evaluated the respiratory health effects from breathing secondhand smoke (also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)). In that report, EPA concluded that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in adult nonsmokers and impairs the respiratory health of children. These findings are very similar to ones made previously by the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Surgeon General.
The EPA report classified secondhand smoke as a Group A carcinogen, a designation which means that there is sufficient evidence that the substance causes cancer in humans."
2006-08-20 18:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by cotopaxi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok u mite have cancer it depends on how much time u spentin the house and if u smoke too if u dont there is an okay chance u mite not have it but living in smoke and breathing it your whole life is pretty bad i think i wouldve moved out that is gross!! but u could have cancer from living in smoke so i would for know maybe ask a doctor and stay in fresh clean air and away from your home or at least try to stay away from anyone smoking and dont start smoking your self
2006-08-20 18:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could go either way. I know people that have lung cancer that never smoked in their life. I know smokers that don't have cancer at all. Just get regular check ups at the doctor. If you ever do get it, catching it early gives you a better chance to fight it.
2006-08-20 18:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer can be genetic and exposure to secondhand smoke is said to cause increased risk according to SOME studies. Others do not believe it puts everyone into the same category. Everyone is an exception in their own right. Cancer can not be held to one exact cause and has been linked to many different reasons which do not apply to everyone. Get regular checkups to isolate any symptoms early when it can be effectively treated.
2006-08-20 18:55:47 · answer #6 · answered by jodie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
talk to a doctor. Second had smoke is supposedly more dangerous.
I smoke outside just for the sake of my husband.
If I were you, I'd go outside while they smoke, close the door to your room when they smoke inside. Tell them your concerns.
Please don't start smoking. I can't stop. I never realized I was addicted until I wanted to have children. I couldn't even quit long enough to see the fertility doctor. Its been 7yrs...no baby.
2006-08-20 18:34:31 · answer #7 · answered by ♣ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should check to see if any other people in your family history died of cancer before you start to worry.
2006-08-20 18:30:18 · answer #8 · answered by IthinkFramptonisstillahottie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
youre likely to develope cancer from 2nd hand smoke. id have a check up.xrays.
2006-08-21 09:54:53 · answer #9 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its very possible yes, but i wouldn't worry about it. dont worry about the future and live your life as it is now. if you do get cancer, then obviously it was meant to be. so live your life in the present, dont think of the future. and i'll pray for ya too.
2006-08-20 18:30:08 · answer #10 · answered by Cloud Strife 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋