smoking may reduce effectiveness of back pain treatments

Smoking May Affect Back Pain Treatments

smoking may reduce effectiveness of back pain treatmentsThe ill effects of smoking on health are not unknown to us. Newer research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases is now throwing light on how smoking impairs the treatment process of inflammatory arthritis affecting the lower back, known as axial spondyloarthritis. Interestingly, quitting smoking may help reduce your lower back pain!

The chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a disease affecting millions all over the world, increases
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