Can you smoke if you have osteoporosis?

Osteoporosis patients try not to smoke, there is sufficient evidence that smoking can cause bone loss. Osteoporosis can be caused by the loss of matrix in the bones, which usually shows the decrease of bone mass and the destruction of the microstructure of bone tissues. At present, there are a lot of clinical researches that show that smoking can accelerate the speed of bone loss, so patients should avoid smoking as much as possible, and they should have a balanced diet, avoid drinking alcohol, and supplement vitamin D and calcium tablets appropriately according to the severity of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis patients should actively control the primary disease if there is a primary disease, usually can be appropriate sun exposure, appropriate exercise, to slow down the loss of bone, patients should be regularly reviewed, eat more food rich in vitamin D and calcium, daily attention to protection, to avoid falling.