World Health Day is an excellent reason to join the world trend
April 07, 2018 | 09:50 |272
On Saturday, Turkmenistan, together with the world community, celebrates World Health Day, which is celebrated annually on April 7th - the day of the creation in 1948 of the World Health Organization. The events connected with this holiday are designed to orient people to a clear awareness of how much health means in their life. ORIENT also does not stand aside from this noble campaign. Health is associated with such concepts as "sport", "proper nutrition", "safe environmental environment". And, in the end, with the most important idea - "life!", which means that health is not compatible with harmful habits, inexorably undermining it. Of course, there are a lot of such dangerous habits, one of them being smoking. Today in Turkmenistan, an unprecedented anti-tobacco movement is being deployed at the state level. Thus, on the initiative of President Berdimuhamedov in 2011, the Turkmen parliament ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It has established international standards and guidelines for the control of tobacco products. Then the Law "On protection of citizens' health from exposure to tobacco smoke and consequences of consumption of tobacco products" was adopted, which came into force in 2013. It should be noted that the subsequent increase in the price of tobacco products, strict tobacco control measures implemented within the framework of a large-scale anti-smoking campaign, significantly reduced the number of patients with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Today, doing sports, avoiding bad habits, and adhering to a healthy lifestyle becomes fashionable. And this trend is gaining momentum. Most, especially young people, are striving for these ideals. However, for some people, starting something new, changing jobs, place of residence, realizing their ideas or quitting bad habits, demands a good "trigger". Be it a birthday, a new year, or at worst, Monday. For those who want, but still did not quit smoking, the perfect date to say goodbye to the addiction can be this date on the calendar. Namely on April 7th - World Health Day! The child's doctor of the Dental Training and Production Center of the State Medical University of Turkmenistan, who already gave useful advice to ORIENT readers, ROVSHEN KHANOV directly tells about the primary harm of smoking - the effect on the oral cavity: - Nicotine irritates the nerve endings in the oral cavity, damages the tooth enamel, can cause caries. Tobacco smoke forms a yellowish-brown coating on the teeth, which leads to the formation of tartar, the appearance of bad breath from the mouth. In addition, the hot smoke from cigarettes disrupts blood circulation in the gums, which eventually fade, becomes of lifeless color. And then the backdrop of prolonged negative effects of cigarettes, periodontitis can occur. Smokers "with experience" have mobility of teeth, as a consequence - their loss. It is known that, compared with non-smokers, smoking people lose teeth twice as much. And the presence of a carcinogenic effect of chemical agents in cigarettes can affect the formation of tumors in the oral cavity. - What advice do you give to those who are going to quit smoking? - First of all, persistently remind yourself about the harm that cigarettes give to your health, the duration of your life. Do not forget that this unreasonably affects the material costs. During the fight against smoking, you can feel a significant discomfort: temporary insomnia, irritability, absent-mindedness, dry mouth. But this can be easily overcome. Regularly perform exercises "deep breathing in and out", this will calm the nervous system, the body will be enriched with oxygen. Walk more often. This is the best assistant in the fight against insomnia. Consume sufficient volumes of fresh vegetables, fruits, foods rich in proteins. Reduce fatty foods and pastry in your diet. Set a goal and do everything to achieve it. Your health is in your own hands, so take care of it!Myahri BEKGADOVA
