How much do blood vessels dilate after you quit smoking?

Hello everyone -

I'm new to the forum and was wondering if anyone can tell me how much blood vessels dilate after you quit smoking?  I recently quit and felt some pretty bad symptoms (pulses through my arms and legs).  It got so bad that for two days I felt my heart, aorta and all the other blood vessels in my system pulsing.......it scared me so much that I went back to smoking.  I'm afraid that I've constricted myself once again and haven't been able to get a good answer as far how healthy my blood vessels are.

I had an ultrasound and catscan that showed everything to be normal in size though I was smoking at the time and the doctor's knew it.  They said everything was fine and not to worry about it however I'm still worried.  I can feel myself pulsing and am afraid that I've constricted my vessels so much that if I quit, my vessels will dilate as huge ballons and burst.

Anybody have any information or experienced something similar?  Who else can I contact about this sort of thing?

 

Hi Jasmine,

Apart from pulsing I am also experiencing terrible headache after 2 months of having quit smoking. This is due to dilation as the body takes time to adjust to the increased blood and oxygen flow. I couldn't find about how much do the vessels dilate but the pulsing and the headache will take one year to stop completely when the blood pressure becomes normal (http://www.quit.org.au/reasons/benefits-of-quitting). I think it is the maximum, while one ex-smoker friend confirms it to be around 6 months.

I am sure you won't burst if you try to quit, I smoked for 8 years to make myself abnormal, I think I can give a year to resume normalcy.