What harmful effects does nicotine cause in blood vessels? N. Kahler (Die Aerztliche Praxis, No. 1, 1929)

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The author of the book answers this question, nicotine causes vasospasm in all organs and especially in the brain; This spasm may underlie the frequently observed migraines, fainting conditions, aphasia, and other diseases; nicotine poisoning often causes vasomotor angina pectoris, intermittent spasms of the vessels of the abdominal cavity, proceeding under the guise of ileus, spasms of the esophagus, pyloric part of the stomach, intestines; finally, nicotine plays an important role in the development of increased gastric acidity of impotence, intermittent claudication of the extremities, diseases of Bürger'a and Raynaud.

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