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The Respiragene™ test results will provide you with a personalized risk score, powerful information that may encourage you to try, and help you focus on, success in quitting smoking. Those individuals who receive scores placing them in the higher end of the personal risk score readout may also want to seek their doctor's advice about taking whatever next steps they recommend to help diagnose a lung cancer as early as possible should one develop.
It's Not Too Late
Approximately 1 in 10 smokers currently die of lung cancer. The best thing that smokers can do to avoid lung cancer is to stop smoking. The best thing a smoker can do for their health in general is to stop smoking at any age.
Early Detection Can Improve Your Odds
Survival rates for patients with lung cancer can improve if the cancer is detected early. Unfortunately, the diagnosis of lung cancer is often delayed by several months after the onset of symptoms such as a persistent cough, persistent chest pain or worsening breathlessness. Only 20% of those diagnosed with lung cancer live longer than 2 years from initial diagnosis.
Feel Better Right Away
Even if you have been smoking for many years, when you quit, you gain immediate health benefits as described in the following timeline:
After 20 minutes
- Your blood pressure and pulse decrease
- The temperature of your hands and feet increases
After 8 hours
- The carbon monoxide level in your blood returns to normal
- Oxygen levels in your blood increase
After 24 hours
- Your chance of heart attack decreases
After 48 hours
- Nerve endings adjust to the absence of nicotine
- Your ability to taste and smell begin to return
After 72 hours
- Bronchial tubes relax
After 2 weeks to 3 months
- Your circulation improves Your exercise tolerance improves
After 1-9 months
- Coughing, sinus congestion, fatigue and shortness of breath decrease
- Cilia re-grow, increasing the ability of the lungs to handle mucus, clean the lungs and reduce infection
- Your overall energy level increases
After 1 year
- Your risk of heart disease decreases to half that of a current smoker
After 5 years
- Your risk of stroke is reduced to that of people who have never smoked
After 10 years
- Risk of dying from lung cancer drops to almost the same rate as a lifelong NON-smoker
- The incidence of other cancers - of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas -decreases.