Smoking increases the chances of developing diabetes, but also complicates it

• Smoking increases blood sugar and promotes insulin resistance
• Most of the time, who becomes addicted to cocaine, marijuana or alcohol before being reached nicotine

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In each cigarette, the cigarette incorporates four thousand different substances in the body that cause inflammatory or oxidative effects, but also increase blood glucose levels, says the head of the Department of Research on smoking and COPD from the National Institute of Diseases. Respiratory (INER), Raúl Sansores Martínez, who points out that compounds released by tobacco, only nicotine addictive since it stimulates the production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter linked to feelings of well-being and reward.

The pulmonologist warns that the nicotine addict is 60% more likely to develop diabetes, even if it's not the family history of the disease, due to the increase in the blood sugar levels during smoking.

Nicotine, which is easily absorbed by the bloodstream, modifies the chemical processes in the cells. respond to insulin and let in, a condition called insulin resistance. Other studies show that people with diabetes and smoke need higher doses of hormones to control their blood sugar levels.

Dr. Sansores Martínez mentions that nicotine also leads to the active smoker, happy and not depressed. and doped, that's why it works: "There are predisposing factors for a subject to become addicted, some have to do with personality, with genetic history and perhaps susceptibility to become addicted to a substance but to many.Most of the time, who becomes addicted to cocaine, marijuana or alcohol before it is nicotine.Practically, there is no of drug addicts who do not smoke, "says the specialist of the mechanisms of smoking and addiction

However, the good news is that if a person stops smoking, the sugar levels in" Nicotine addiction is a chronic disease, in the same way that diabetes requires constant attention, "says the member of the National System of Level II researchers.In both cases, the pharmacological approach must be accompanied by medical, psychological or social counseling but a Cardiopulmonary evaluation must first be performed. "

Dr. Sansores Martínez reports that INER has the Stop Smoking Clinic, which offers inter alia cognitive-behavioral therapies in a group of ten sessions:" We're leaving not the premise that you have to stop smoking because it puts the patients under pressure and that is what we want the least.If they follow the instructions, they stop doing something that their causes a lot of damage and takes away ten years of life. "

According to specialized reports, smokers are between 30 and 40% more likely to develop diabetes than those who do not smoke, and who consume more 20 cigarettes a day double the odds.