Please help me! answer the survey :)?
could you PLEASE help me if your over 18 yrs of age? answer this survey.. just yes or no questions :
Could I be at serious risk of a lung disease? Emphysema questions also.?
Alright, so I'm 13 years old. I have been a second-hand smoker my whole life. My mom smoked when she was pregnant with me and breast-feeding me. Both my parents chain-smoked around me my whole life until when I turned 10 my mom finally quit, but my dad didn't. My dad still chain-smoked around me for 3 more years until just yesterday he was diagnosed with emphysema and now has to quit. Am I at serious risk for a lung disease? I have never been able to run long-distances because I run out of breath so quick. When I do run for awhile I have to stop and I wheeze and cough. One day a couple months ago I woke up in the morning and could barely breath for no reason. My chest felt like it was burning and I couldn't even stand up because it hurt so bad. Everytime I coughed I felt like I was getting stabbed in the chest. And I was fine the night before. I needed to go to the hospital or something, but my mom wouldn't take me. She made me take motrin and go back to bed. Whenever I laugh hard I run out of breath and start coughing. I think I have asthma but my parents say I don't and won't take me to a doctor. I've had breathing problems my whole life and my mom and dad refuse to do anything like take me to the hospital.
I'm sure my lungs are crap since I've been smoked around my whole life. In track I can't run more than 200m because of my breathing. I'm always last in track practice when we run long distances and can't keep up with anybody because I start wheezing and coughing and get out of breath. Besides my crappy lungs I'm healthy, I exercise, eat healthy, and I'm not overweight, I'm 103 lbs. Also sometimes when I breath my lungs hurt even if I'm not running. I know somethings wrong but I can't do anything because my parents won't take me to see a doctor. I am clueless at what to do.
What are the results of smoking if you do it on and off?
I started college a few years ago. I've smoked on and off ever since. I quit smoking for a few weeks when I go home, but I start again when I come back to college. And by smoking, I mean a cigarette every day or two. A pack lasts me a full month. Are there serious health results from this? Am I as rarely to get diseases later on as someone who's a full time smoker?
Can you catch any type of disease or std from smoking after someone?
also drinking and eating after someone?
Suggestion:
Sure. You can get an STD if you have a cut in your lip or mouth and the other person does too.
i really want my dad to stop smoking?
he willl be 45 this year and has been smoking since he was 15. Thats nearly 30 years ! i really want him to stop ! ive tried begging him but nothiing works. He always makes it his new years resalution but it doesnt happen. He smokes on average 20 a day, sometimes more. Plus not only am i worried that he will die its costing us too much money ! my mum is sick of it coz he gambels too. Our house is a mess coz we have no money to do it up with (Coz of his smoking and gambeling)) nd the other day when my mum was cleaning the living room walls the tissue paper was full of yellow marks, where all the smoke had went to. I really want him to stop but i know i cant force him. My gran has been smoking since she was 20 and shes now 76 and sometimes she cant breathe coz of her smoking and she has a disease in her lungs. i dont want me dad to end up like that or worse………..
please help ! x
