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4 TIMES MORE DEADLY THAN CORONA VIRUS
- Cumhuriyet University in Turkey faculty member Dr. said that every year in Turkey, 80 thousand people die from smoking-related diseases. “Smoking-related deaths are 4 times higher than corona virus” she said.
. - Smoking, which leads to health problems, causes the death of 8 million people worldwide every year and 80 thousand people in Turkey. Research into the harms of smoking, whose use is also discussed in the corona virus process, is ongoing. It has been suggested that smoking during the epidemic period causes easier entry of the virus into the body, while it has also been noted that it causes a severe course of the disease and deaths. Turkish faculty member of the Department of Family Medicine of internal Medical Sciences Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Republican University, Dr. made assessments about the harm of smoking and the situation during the pandemic period.
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1 IN 2 PEOPLE WHO SMOKE EVERY 15 MINUTES DIE
- The number of smoking-related deaths in Turkey is 4 times higher than those who die from the corona virus, said Dr. said, “When we look at cigarettes and other tobacco products all over the world, we observe that about 8 million people per year die due to smoking and smoking-related diseases. When we evaluate the data for our country, about 80 thousand people die from smoking a year. About 223 people die from smoking, which we think of these figures daily. If we look at the people who died from Corona, there were about 26 thousand deaths in a period of about a year. This is 4 times the number of people dying from Coronas when we evaluate the deaths due to smoking in our country. This means that 1 in 2 people who smoke every 15 minutes die. Corona is a situation we have never known before, and we, like the whole world, were surprised,” he said.
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IT FACILITATES THE ENTRY OF VIRUSES INTO THE BODY
- A doctor who says that smoking facilitates the entry of viruses into the body she said: “In general, when we think about smoking with the corona virus, our receptors, which we call cigarette door receptors, are also receptors that facilitate the passage of the virus into our body. The number of these receptors is increasing. In this way, the corona virus passes into our body more easily and causes the disease to be more severe. This, in turn, can lead to more deaths. Apart from the risks of smoking itself, we know that smokers can cause damage to the lungs, cardiovascular system. Smoking, blood pressure is a very important factor in diseases such as diabetes, heart and cancer. Although the corona virus is most common in the lungs, it also causes damage to many of our systems. You would appreciate that the corona virus is heavier on damaged ground, which is more. Of course, scientific studies on this issue are unfortunately not enough. It is not yet clear that the presence of the corona virus increases or reduces smoking use. But this period is the best time to make a decision to quit smoking. Because, within the first 15 minutes of stopping smoking, more than 7 thousand poisons found in cigarettes begin to change in your body. So there’s no late process for that. The sooner he’s released, the better we can get.” ”Cigarette smoke increases the risk of infection“ “Cigarette smoke increases the risk of infection”
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10 OUT OF 100 PEOPLE INFECTED WITH CIGARETTE SMOKE LOSE THEIR LIVES
- Emphasize that it is important to prevent smoking. “There are a lot of policies, advertisements and regulations about smoking, especially on young people and women, and they try to motivate people not to start smoking. Smoking causes serious harm not only to the smoker, but also to those around them with its smoke. Only 10 out of 100 people die from the smoke that spreads to the environment, even though they are healthy and do not smoke. During the corona process, we tried to protect our families and loved ones and did everything we could to ensure they were not infected. But with the smoke of the cigarettes we smoke, we continue to poison them and create an environment for Disease. A predisposition to the disease occurs in those who are exposed to breathing in places such as furniture, curtains inside vehicles that are infected with smoke around us. For this reason, it is very important not to start smoking as well as to quit,” she said.
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President of Organ Transplant Center at MedicalPark Hospital Antalya
Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
Disclaimer:
Our website contents consist of articles approved by our Web and Medical Editorial Board with the contributions of our physicians. Our contents are prepared only for informational purposes for public benefit. Be sure to consult your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
Disclaimer:
Our website contents consist of articles approved by our Web and Medical Editorial Board with the contributions of our physicians. Our contents are prepared only for informational purposes for public benefit. Be sure to consult your doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
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