does smoking affect breast abscess wound?

Question

How long does it take for a breast abscess wound to heal?

Answer 1

See below: Smoking is bad for all healing including the type you mentioned. It probably won't be helped by stopping now, but stopping asst any time is a good idea.

Answer 2

Yes: Smoking cigarettes is never recommended, but especially when one is trying to heal a wound or acute infection. By constricting blood vessels, slower healing occurs due to lack of germ-fighting blood cells getting to the wound, and many other effects. It is a well-known surgical fact that wound healing and recovery is impaired by regular cigarette use.

Answer 3

Yes: Smoking lowers tissue oxygen levels which will interfere with your body's ability to heal the abscess wound. There is a particularly virulent form of breast infections called periductal mastitis where small abscesses form around the areola; this disease is very rare in nonsmokers and very difficult to cure in smokers. Quitting today will help your wound heal immediately.

Answer 4

See below: Smoking is bad for all healing including the type you mentioned. It probably won't be helped by stopping now, but stopping asst any time is a good idea.

Answer 5

Yes: Smoking has a negative effect on all wound healing! it will make healing harder!

Answer 6

Several: You should not have chest pain when taking a deep breath or on swallowing. You better get checked.

Answer 7

Not normal: Unusual to have CP after running, you may be short of breath. If you have this consistently you better get checked.

Answer 8

Chest Pain -See Doc?: When to see a doctor? How do you know when you need medical help for chest pain? It's not always easy to tell. Helpful simple quiz: http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/help.at.home/chest.pain/content.html

Answer 9

Many things: Trauma is usually obvious, fracturing the ribs or bruising the soft tissue in the area. Inflammation can occur without trauma. If there is a rash and you had chicken pox in the past, it could be shingles (herpes zoster). Sometimes tumors will involve the ribs and lead to fracture and pain. If pain does not improve with over the counter medication and time or is severe, see your primary doctor.

Answer 10

Somtimes: Dental abscesses are caused by the death of the nerve and living component within the tooth. Some are caused by infections of the gums. The ones that are tooth related often are painful . Gum abscess can sometimes only involve swelling.

Answer 11

Not always: Beleive it or not when you see someone swollen they may not be in any pain at all, that is because all the pressure from the abcess has been released into soft tissue. When there is no swelling the pain is much worse since the pressure is built up and that presses on the nerves in the area and causes pain.

Answer 12

Yes and no: It seems they would cause pain every time. However, that is not the case. The absence of pain does not rule out the possibility of a dental abscess.

Answer 13

Not always: A chronic abscess is a slow developing condition usually related to trauma and may not even be detectable without xrays. The problem is that they can become acute at any time and then the story changes.

Answer 14

Very: All women have breast changes with weight gain, age, breast feeding, periods and weight loss.

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