i smoke is there any treatment to clean out the lungs other than to quit....... i have a competition coming up

Answer 1

It takes 7 years for the alveoli in the lungs to regenerate and be completely rid of the effects of smoking. Anybody that tells you 'cleaning out your lungs' of the effects of smoking is possible is talking out there a.s.s to get a best answer. There is not anything to 'clean' out of the lungs. smoking actually destroys the cells in the lungs. People who smoke may have increased mucous in their lungs and that would be the only thing you could get rid of. But not all smokers have this.

Answer 2

There is no way for you to "clean out" your lungs. The tar and other pollutants that you have inhaled are now part of your lungs. Foreign substances get taken up by cells called macrophages in your lungs. They sequester these substances from the rest of your body, but are never eliminated. That's why the lungs of a smoker will appear black at an autopsy.
That being said, as a previous responder wrote, the damage you have done to your lungs will repair over time, to some degree. The best thing you can do is stop smoking and never start again.

Answer 3

If you've been smoking for a while, the chances are that you've already done some permanent damabe to your lungs. When the smoke particles get in the alveoli, the irritation causes them to start stiffening. When this happens on a large scale, it's called COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder), a condition where, when the lungs have lost their elasticicity. These are the people you see walking around with oxygen bottles. The nature of the condition is such that the lungs are unable to contract and expell the air they contain. If they cannot do that, they likewise are unable to inhale very much fresh air.

Smoking causes real and permanent damabe to the lungs; quit early to maintain the best health you can.

Answer 4

Lung Treatment For Smokers

Answer 5

There is no such treatment to date. There have been many other people who have thought about this. If you are really serious about your competition, you will find it in your mind and your soul to quit. You have to be strong and determined about it if you want to accomplish something worthwhile. If it is a running competition you are involved with, good luck with that. Because if you are a smoker, you will have plenty enough difficulty running because of how you are being affected by the smoke. Not to mention what will happen to you later on in your life. Believe me I've seen it first hand.

Answer 6

Quit

Answer 7

well, sorry to tell you but you will need to stop smoking if you wanted to "clean" your lungs. I mean, if there was such a thing, I think people would never stop smoking, they will just use the "cleaning therapy" and then go back to smoking again.

GOod Luck, and I do hope you quit one day.

Answer 8

A body miracle lady whom I admire told me of a "Standard Process Inc" dietary supplement that she swore by and took daily. I think you can only get it trough a health care professional Here is the link to find out where the nearest one is to you. http://www.standardprocess.com/sp_ordering.asp
The supplement is called Pneumotrophin PMG. My miracle lady said she smokes and takes this 3 times and day and has no lung dis-ease. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 9

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I quit smoking 2 years ago


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HOW THE METHOD WORKS

Using psychotherapy, the method works in the opposite way to the “willpower” method. It does not concentrate on the reasons the smoker should not smoke : the money, the slavery, the health risks and the stigma. Smokers know all that already. Instead it focuses on why smokers continue to smoke in spite of the obvious disadvantages.

It is fear that keeps smokers hooked!

Fear the smoker will have to give up their pleasure or crutch. Fear the smoker will be unable to enjoy life or handle stress. Fear the smoker will have to go through an awful trauma to get free. Fear the smoker will never get completely free from the craving.

The Method removes these fears
Smokers quit with the Allen Carr Method as happy non-smokers, not feeling deprived but with a huge sense of relief and elation that they have finally achieved what they always wanted….

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What about the terrible withdrawal pangs from nicotine?

The physical withdrawal from nicotine is so slight that most smokers don’t realise that they are addicts. What smokers suffer when they try and quit using other methods is the misery and depression caused by the belief that they are being deprived of a pleasure or a crutch.

The Allen Carr Method removes this feeling of deprivation.
It removes the need and desire to smoke. Once the smoker is in the right frame of mind and they follow the simple instructions, the physical withdrawal from nicotine is hardly noticeable.

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It removes the smokers’ conflict of will.
There are no bad withdrawal pangs.
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You need not gain weight.
You will not miss smoking.

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A personal view from Professor Judith Mackay MBE, JP, FRCO (Edin), FRCP (Lon), World Health Organisation Advisory Panel on Tobacco and Health

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Dr Martin Jarvis, Principle Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research
Fund and Reader in Health Psychology, University College London

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Sir Anthony Hopkins

GOOD LUCK

Answer 10

A smoking competition?