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Health & Fitness

Smoking and Wound Healing

WOUND HEALING GOES DOWN IN SMOKE.
http://www.encompasshealthcare.com/smoking-wound-healing/

Essentially, healing depends on the body’s ability to transport freshly oxygenated blood and nutrients to and from a wound site. So if you’re smoking, you are basically de-oxygenating your blood and robbing the wound site of the oxygen it needs to heal. Read on...

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