When women smoke, the smoke compounds tend to be in their bodies.
Research has shown that nicotine can be found in their cervical mucus. Below are the few ways in which smoking can affect a woman’s sex life:
1. Smoking leads to early menopause: Smoking can lead to early menopause because the chemicals in the smoke increase the rate at which eggs are lost.
2. Smoking affects fertility: Smoking disrupts ovulation, and when a woman doesn’t ovulate, pregnancy is said to be a mirage. In some critical cases, smoking can lead to in vitro fertilization i.e babies born outside the womb because smoking stops the egg from traveling to the uterus normally.
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3. Smoking causes painful periods: Women who smoke tend to have more painful premenstrual periods and cramps than those who don’t smoke.
4. Leads to bacterial vaginosis: Every vagina has either good or bad bacteria. Smoking causes a change in the bacteria in your vagina, causes it to change from good to bad thereby leading to different infections such as bacterial vaginosis.
5. Smoking makes women prone to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Smokinh alters the immune profile of the cervix and vagina making their immune system unable to fight infections.
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