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Dear doctor, I am suffering from severe back pain with first grade disc slip. I am having a habit of using tobacco and nicotine. While using these tobaccos and nicotine, I am feeling more pain on my lower back. How these tobacco and nicotine are affecting lower back and how can I stop these habit.
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Hi lybrate-user as you already have grade 1 slip disc, so the pain is on and off some times it exaggerated on any particular movement, some time you are I think symptoms free now your question is how tobacco and nicotine has impact on your back. Your back pain is increased while you smoke, smoking causes atherosclerosis of arteries occlusion of vessels, as muscles need oxygenated blood and nutrients, when it's deprived of such things it causes more pain ,so quit smoking as soon as possible also nowadays nicotine gums and other things are available in market freely, also it needs will power. Nothing is impossible. Good luck.
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