Smoking Women Prone to Convulsions in Which Coffee and Wine Are Not Concerned

Boston researchers found that smoking increased the risk of spasm and epilepsy in women. The possibility of spasm occurring in female smokers is two or three times than that in non-smoking women and the risk of epilepsy in women with a history of smoking is nearly fifty percent higher than that in women who never smoked
     Increase the risk of disease
Dr. Barbara Dvorasky made the above conclusion on the basis of the survey on the nurse health in 1989 conducted by research group led by her including her colleagues in Harvard Medical School and Brigham Women Hospital.
The survey was conducted in the 116 thousand female nurses from the ages of 25 to 42 years old. The researchers issued a questionnaire to every nurse, asking their way of life and history of epilepsy or convulsions. The feedback shows that 95 people had spasm, 151 people have been diagnosed with epilepsy.
Nov. 26^th,  Reuters reported that researchers found that smoking is significantly correlated with the risk of cramps when combined with stroke, brain tumors, high blood pressure and other relevant factors, as the risk of spasm in smokers is than 2.6 times higher than that in non-smokers; risk of suffering from epilepsy in people with a history of smoking is 46% higher than that in people who never smokes.
 "Our analysis shows that the risk of spasm of smokers was significantly higher, but the probability has nothing to do with the number of cigarettes smoked per day," said Dr. Dvorasky.
 Nothing to do with coffee and wine
 The researchers said that there are physiological reasons for smoking increasing the risk of spasticity and epilepsy. Previous studies have shown that high levels of nicotine can cause convulsions occurring in animals and humans. In addition, the intake of nicotine when smoking will make physical exciting; reduce the oxygen supply for body tissue, which leads to sleep problems as well as cramps.
Some experts believed that all the nicotine, alcohol and caffeine may cause spasms. However, Dvorasky’s study found that drinking coffee or alcohol does not increase the risk of spasm or epilepsy in women.