Smoker's Screening Package

We all know that smoking is devastating for our health. Smoking does not only cause lung diseases. It also contributes to several life-threatening conditions. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the most common health consequences of smoking.

Smoking can shave off 10 years from your total life span because it affects nearly every organ in our body, not just the lungs. Tobacco contains thousands of harmful cancer-causing chemicals, the most dangerous of which is nicotine, an extremely addictive chemical. Consuming these harmful chemicals can cause several health issues, including:

• Reduce your “good” cholesterol, which increases blood pressure levels
• Affects your lung’s ability to inhale oxygen, resulting in asthma and emphysema
• Lowers oxygen levels in the heart and other body tissues, which increases the risk of coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, and diabetes
• Affects your immune system’s ability to fight foreign invaders, leading to frequent illness
• Loss of appetite
• Blood clotting
• Unhealthy dental health

If you are a smoker and experiencing symptoms such as colds, asthma, coughs, and wheezing during regular activities, then it may indicate underlying disorders including pneumonia, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and emphysema. To determine whether you have developed any of the diseases, you should undergo the Smokers Health Check Up or Smoker's Risk Assessment Test.

What are the medical tests for smokers?

• Chest X-ray: Chest X-Ray is an essential medical test for smokers. This test will help your doctors understand the damage smoking has caused to your lungs. Chest X-rays will provide chest images to determine the health of your heart and lungs.
• Spirometry: An important smoking test name is Spirometry test, which is mainly a breathing test. In this test, you will need to inhale and exhale into a laboratory machine. This will help to detect lung fibrosis, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other lung diseases. Avoid eating large meals, and caffeine before this test.
• Electrocardiogram (ECG): Carbon monoxide is a substance of tobacco smoke that restricts blood from entering the heart, which may lead to clogged arteries. The ECG test will help to analyze the speed of heartbeat to detect any potential heart disorder.
• Nicotine test: Nicotine test is the most commonly used blood test for smoking. This test measures the amount of nicotine in your blood.
• Diabetes test: The chances of developing diabetes among the smokers are higher than the people who don't smoke. Smoking tends to make your body further resistant to insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease.

Apart from all these tests, you can also try the Smoker's Health Checkup. The Thyrocare smoker screening profile is a Smoking Test that helps to examine several levels in your body to understand whether you have heart disease or are at risk of developing lungs and heart disease.

What preparations are needed for this profile test?

You are allowed to eat or drink anything other than water for 12 hours prior to the Thyrocare smoker screening profile test.

Why should you quit smoking?

The effects of smoking can compound with time. Quitting smoking can improve your health over time. The benefits of quitting smoking are:

• After 30 minutes of quitting smoking, your blood pressure will decrease and the temperature of your hands and feet will increase.
• After 10 hours of quitting smoking, the level of carbon monoxide in your blood will decrease and the oxygen level will increase.
• After one day of quitting smoking, your chance of developing heart disease decreases.
• After two days of quitting, your nerve endings start to adapt to the nonexistence of nicotine.
• After one to two months of quitting, your blood circulation will improve, and you can endure heavy exercise.
• After ten months of quitting, the appearance of coughs, congestion, and shortness of breath will decrease, and you will feel more lively all day.
• After 8 or 10 years, your chances of getting heart disease, lung cancer, and other forms of cancer will be as low as those of a nonsmoker.

Since tobacco smoking can be dangerously addictive, it is advisable to avoid starting to smoke in order to safeguard against all negative health consequences. It is also never too late to stop smoking. If you are having difficulties quitting smoking, you can seek professional assistance as well.