{"id":38650,"date":"2025-11-25T22:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jantantratoday.com\/?p=38650"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:28:16","slug":"research-indicates-on-how-everyday-cooking-smoke-is-silently-damaging-indian-womens-lungs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jantantratoday.com\/?p=38650","title":{"rendered":"Research Indicates on How Everyday Cooking Smoke Is Silently Damaging Indian Women\u2019s Lungs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Faridabad , Jantantra Today  \/   <\/strong>For millions of Indian women, the day begins the same way it has for generations\u2014hunched over a chulha, tending to the fire that fuels the family\u2019s meals. But new scientific evidence reveals that this seemingly ordinary ritual hides a disturbing truth: cooking smoke may be damaging their lungs as severely as years of cigarette smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study compared lung disease patterns in two groups\u2014tobacco smokers and women exposed for years to household biomass smoke. One of the most alarming results was the presence of&nbsp;<strong>bronchiectasis<\/strong>, a form of permanent lung damage. It was seen in&nbsp;<strong>53% of biomass-exposed COPD patients<\/strong>, compared to&nbsp;<strong>only 18% of tobacco smokers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of structural damage, the researchers noted, helps explain why women using traditional cooking methods suffer from&nbsp;<strong>repeated flare-ups, frequent hospitalisations and long-term infections<\/strong>&nbsp;despite never smoking a single cigarette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pulmonologists&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Sourabh Pahuja and Dr. Arjun Khanna<\/strong>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>Amrita Hospital, Faridabad<\/strong>, has brought long-overdue attention to a form of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) that primarily affects non-smoking women exposed to biomass fuel\u2014wood, crop residue, cow-dung cakes and traditional stoves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling attention to this overlooked crisis,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Sanjeev Singh, Medical Director, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad<\/strong>&nbsp;said,&nbsp;<em>\u201cThis study highlights a silent and deeply concerning reality for millions of Indian women. Cooking smoke is often dismissed as a routine part of life, but the lung damage it causes can be as severe, and sometimes more complex than long-term tobacco exposure. These findings should prompt urgent public health conversations on indoor air quality, early diagnosis and the need to protect vulnerable women in rural households.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gender played a central role in the study\u2019s revelations. In the biomass-exposed group,&nbsp;<strong>84\u201385% were women<\/strong>, many of whom sought medical care&nbsp;<strong>only during severe respiratory crises<\/strong>. Unlike smokers who are typically aware of the risks, just&nbsp;<strong>17% of biomass-exposed women<\/strong>&nbsp;understood that cooking smoke could permanently damage the lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This late recognition meant that many walked into emergency rooms already short of breath, fatigued and battling advanced COPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite having&nbsp;<strong>better lung function numbers<\/strong>&nbsp;(FEV1 of 62\u201364%) compared to smokers (51\u201352%), these women reported&nbsp;<strong>equal or worse breathlessness<\/strong>, more frequent exacerbations, and a higher likelihood of landing in the&nbsp;<strong>ICU<\/strong>. Several were diagnosed with tough-to-treat infections like&nbsp;<em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/em>, which resists common antibiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research also pointed to socio-cultural hurdles\u2014lower treatment adherence, fewer follow-up visits, long travel distances for medical care, and the deep-rooted belief that indoor smoke is \u201cnormal\u201d and harmless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This combination, researchers say, forms a dangerous trap. Women often continue cooking in smoky environments for decades before symptoms appear, and by then the lung damage is often irreversible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faridabad , Jantantra Today \/ For millions of Indian women, the day begins the same way it has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,32],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-38650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category--ncr","tag-haryana-faridabad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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