Dr. Diaa: Smoking is an effective factor in rheumatic diseases and the response to medicines

Rheumatology and osteoporosis doctor Dr. Diaa Al -Hajj Hussein explained that research has proven that smoking is an effective factor in rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid, immune immune, red lupus, tibi articulated rheumatism, psoriasis rheumatism and Renault syndrome, while osteoporosis is one of the most famous diseases that affect people smokers of young age, as studies have found that increasing indications of rheumatoid disease In the blood, such as the cytoplain anti -sepolini anti -sedimentation, if the patient is smoked, it has also been shown that people smokers are less in response to the drugs for immunosuppressive diseases compared to non -smoking patients where research and studies indicate the improvement of patients and decreased joint pain when a rheumatic patient takes smoking.
He said, coinciding with the International Smoking Day, that smoking helps to develop osteoporosis in all age groups of males and females, as well as reduces the efficiency of the hormone calcitonin responsible for increasing the strength and hardness of bone, as well as estrogen that plays an important role in building bone and protecting them from weakness and weakness in women. He continued: Smoking reduces the effectiveness of vitamin D, which plays an important role in building bones, and thus weakens the absorption of calcium required to build bones. Smoking also negatively affects the efficiency of blood vessels and nerves, especially feet and legs; Which increases the weakness of the bones and exposure to fractures; So healing bone fractures in smokers is more slow compared to non -smokers, and the most affected by smoking, most vulnerable to fragility and ease of breakage is the spine and thigh head bones. He pointed out that the bones depend on the oxygen and minerals that they reach through the blood, and in the case of smoking the levels of nicotine increases and contractions in the blood vessels, which reduces the levels of nutrients that the body needs, and therefore the bones are affected, and that cigarettes contain toxic substances that reduce the body’s resistance to atrophy, wounds and fractures, as cigarettes work to damage hormones that strengthen the bones. A rheumatist doctor reveals some of the facts associated with smoking and its effect on the bones; Where he says: “Nicotine in cigarettes slows down the production of bone -made cells, and thus decreases the amount of bones in the body, as smoking reduces the absorption of calcium from food and calcium is necessary for the formation of bones, and thus the bones are weak, smoking helps to break the hormone estrogen in the body, and the estrogen is important to build and maintain a strong skeleton, and smoking also affects other structural tissues such as The strings and muscles, which increases the risk of infection and disease; Dr. Dhia called for smokers to stop smoking until the body begins to recover well, and make sure to eat a healthy food that contains all elements, fruits and vegetables, and to practice walking daily, to improve oxygen blood flow to the bone tissue; What helps to build bones, and avoid loading on the bones; Because this leads to the deposition of calcium and minerals from it, which affects it with fragility.