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水煙與新冠肺炎:水煙如何讓人處於危險之中

致命的新冠肺炎爆發震驚全世界。在現今不確定的時期,每個人都應該關注新冠肺炎所帶來的短期和長期公共衛生結果。

根據截至目前為止的數據,我們知道吸煙會讓新冠肺炎對肺部造成嚴重損害的風險加倍。1 新冠肺炎所造成的肺部損害,正類似於來自香煙及其它煙草產品煙霧所造成的危害,這些煙霧將環境中的微粒物質引入肺部。

水煙對於肺部的損害與新冠肺炎所造成的損害相似。水煙和新冠肺炎病毒都會攻擊肺臟內壁,讓肺細胞受損及組織發炎,因而減弱肺部抵抗感染的能力。如果肺部由於吸水煙和其他煙草產品已經受損,將會讓病毒更容易侵入肺部組織,引發更嚴重的症狀並增加死亡風險。

在僅僅吸過水煙一回後,水煙使用者中就會有人發現肺部炎症及細胞損傷。2 使用水煙會損害肺泡,肺泡是將氧氣帶入肺部的精緻氣囊,而新冠肺炎正是靶向肺泡內壁,因而導致發炎及呼吸困難。

長期以來,水煙被誤認為比香煙產生的危害較少。但現在眾所周知,其實水煙所造成的健康風險非常嚴重。3 吸一小時的水煙相等於吸200口的香煙。45

若是身處在周圍有人使用水煙的環境,也等於暴露在水煙二手煙所產生的污染物之中,這些污染物會對肺部造成損害。67

此外,水煙的煙嘴、煙管及水可以包藏細菌,並可在共享時將細菌從一位使用者傳播給另一位使用者。8 這是一種很嚴肅的指標,因為正代表新冠肺炎病毒也能以相同的方式經由共享水煙傳播。

就像吸煙的人一樣,吸水煙的人比不吸煙的人有更高風險產生嚴重的新冠肺炎症狀。對於水煙使用者及其他吸煙者而言,現在正是戒斷這些危險習慣的最好機會,並可將目前的不幸情況轉變為重新開始的契機。

撰文:
Wael Al-Delaimy 醫學博士及專科博士
加州大學聖地亞哥分校家庭醫學與公共衛生系教授,
公共衛生研究所副所長

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