Revisiting the Safety of Short-term Systemic Corticosteroids:

Safety of short-term systemic #corticosteroids

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NHS Steroid Treatment Cards: Essential Safety for Patients The NHS steroid emergency card protects patients on corticosteroids, especially seniors and people with disabilities, from life-threatening risks.

NHS Steroid Treatment Cards: Essential Safety for Patients

The #NHS #steroid emergency card protects patients on #corticosteroids, especially #seniors and people with #disabilities, from life-threatening risks - www.disabled-world.com/medical/heal...

🧴 Corticosteroids help relieve eczema but long-term use has risks. A survey completed by Allergy & Asthma Network & International Topical Steroid Awareness Network found many people living with #eczema used topical or oral #corticosteroids for years.

A new systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials shows #corticosteroids probably reduce short-term mortality in severe non-COVID-19 pneumonia & ARDS without raising infection risk. Read more at Annals.org: https://f.mtr.cool/wbqdfbszmg

Does the Future of Asthma Treatment Involve Fewer Corticosteroids? Risks are becoming increasingly clear

"Every little bit matters and we really need to tighten the screws to try to minimize it as much as possible." -- Jay Lieberman, MD, of @uthsc.bsky.social, on the shift away from #corticosteroids for #asthma. #ACAAI2025
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Colorful illustration for World Diabetes Day, featuring a hand holding a glucose meter, a blood drop, and the date, November 14th.

Diabetes and MG: https://bit.ly/47MwmpK

On World Diabetes Day, we’re highlighting how corticosteroids can impact blood sugar and why some people develop steroid-induced diabetes while treating MG.

#MyastheniaGravisNews #Bionews #MyastheniaGravis #WorldDiabetesDay #MGWarrior #Corticosteroids

- #Tramadol : opioid pain reliever
- #Corticosteroids suchas #prednisone . High dose & prolonged use ➡️ psychosis
- #Amphetamines , #cannabis particularly in vulnerable individuals. Heavy or adolescent use carries a higher risk of psychosis
- #Anticholinergics scopolamine & atropine

Corticosteroids Overview | Functions, Types & Hormonal Pathway Explained 💊
#Corticosteroids #Pharmacology #Endocrinology #MedicalEducation #VikaasShandily

Infants exposed to #corticosteroids in utero may be at higher risk for infections through age 21

The findings suggest that antenatal corticosteroids should be used judiciously, the authors say.

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🖋️ Re-Evaluating the Role of Inhaled #Corticosteroids in #COVID-19 Management
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and Editorial on recent research:
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Side Effects of Corticosteroids | Understanding the Impact on Health 💊
#Corticosteroids #SideEffects #MedicalEducation #Pharmacology #VikaasShandily

such as intranasal application of #corticosteroids to reduce inflammation; sodium citrate, which may modulate olfactory signaling & vit A supplementation, believed to support mucosal repair

Graphical abstract describing the study by Katri Raikkonen et al: In a cohort of 670,000 Finnish children, late preterm (34-36w) exposure to corticosteroids leads to a small but significant increase in hospitalizations for infection in early childhood.

📣 In a cohort of 670,000 Finnish children, late preterm (34-36w) exposure to #corticosteroids leads to a small but significant increase in hospitalizations for #infection in early childhood
Difference holds in exposure-discordant siblings
#IDSky #PedSky #MedSky #OA

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<em>Respirology</em> | APSR Respiratory Medicine Journal | Wiley Online Library This study updated safety evidence on ICS and LABA use in pregnant women with asthma. After adjusting confounders, there was no association between ICS or LABA use and adverse fetal outcomes. Ho...

The Association Between Use of Inhaled #Corticosteroids and Long-Acting Beta2-Agonists During #Pregnancy and Adverse #Fetal Outcomes
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[Publication Vol 55 - N°S6] The new special issue of "Infectious Diseases Now" about acute community-acquired pneumonia is now available.

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#IDsky #Articles #InfectiousDiseases #communityAcquiredPneumonia #Antibiotic #Corticosteroids

Why Is My Chronic Illness Worse at Night? Understanding Evening Flare-Ups - Chronic Illness Support Groups & Resources - HealingWell.com Discover why chronic illness symptoms often worsen at night and learn strategies to manage evening flare-ups for improved quality of life.

" #Medications can contribute..Some drugs, like #corticosteroids, may cause #insomnia or jitteriness if taken too late in the day. Others may wear off before bedtime, leading to a “rebound” effect.": buff.ly/tRoatkj

via HealingWell
#painsomnia #ChronicIllness

No benefit to adding steroids and cross-linking to antibiotics for bacterial keratitis Adjunctive use of topical corticosteroids with or without corneal cross-linking has no added benefit compared with topical antibiotics alone for patients with bacterial keratitis.

#MedNews - Adjunctive use of topical #corticosteroids with or without corneal cross-linking has no added benefit compared with topical #antibiotics alone for patients with bacterial #keratitis.

Full story 👉https://buff.ly/GMyDTmX

#EyeSky

Patients' and Health Professionals' Views on Using Oral #Corticosteroids for #Asthma: Priorities, Trade-Offs and Shared Decision-Making
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an Editorial on recent research:
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(low oxygen levels in the blood).
Immunosuppressants, such as #corticosteroids, may be used to address inflammation in some cases, particularly in patients with patterns like organizing #pneumonia.
- Antifibrotic medications like pirfenidone and nintedanib

Strawberry Nevus Strawberry Nevus is a brightly, raised patch of skin that grows in the first few months of infants' life. After about six months, the mark slowly regresses or shrinks.

Strawberry Nevus

Please read this article.

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#strawberrynevus #nationalgeogaphic #research #science #skin #infant #toddler #patch #birthmarks #ucla #mit #johnhopkins #hereditary #propranolol #corticosteroids

Indications for corticosteroids in the treatment of Community-Acquired pneumonia Preceding guidelines on treatment and management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) do not endorse systematic use of corticosteroids. The data in t…

[Publication] The article "Indications for corticosteroids in the treatment of Community-Acquired pneumonia" is now available.

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#IDsky #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Corticosteroids #Mortality

Review Reveals Burden of Long-Term Use of Corticosteroid Therapy With IgAN | Docwire News A study revealed that use of long-term corticosteroids for IgA nephropathy (IgAN) may lead to adverse outcomes and increased clinical burden.

IgAN treated with long-term #corticosteroids may lead to adverse outcomes and increased clinical burden. #iganephropathy #igan #nephrology #nephsky docwirenews.com/post/review-...

Efficacy and Safety of Systematic Corticosteroids Treatment Among Patients With HIV and Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials This meta-analysis demonstrated corticosteroid treatment neither significantly reduced all-cause mortality nor increased serious adverse events.

Systematic #Corticosteroids Treatment Among Patients With #HIV and #Tuberculosis: This meta-analysis of 1410 HIV-positive TB patinete found that corticosteroid treatment neither significantly reduced all-cause mortality nor increased serious adverse events.

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Our data support the use of standard treatments for epileptic spasms (ACTH, high-dose prednisolone, or vigabatrin).
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#epilepsy #epilepsia #ILAE #ACTH #corticosteroids #epilepticspasms #prednisolone #refractory #vigabatrin

Postnatal corticosteroid use in preterm infants was linked to higher risks of moderate to severe functional disability.

#Meded #SoMe4PedSurg #Pediatrics #PublicHealth #Neurodevelopment #Corticosteroids #Preterm

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Update of guidelines for management of community acquired pneumonia in adults by the French infectious disease society (SPILF) and the French-speaking society of respiratory diseases (SPLF). Endorsed ...

5➡️La mise à jour des recommandations pour la prise en charge des pneumonies communautaires de l'adulte par SPILF et la SPLF.

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#IDSky #Pneumonia #Antibiotic #Imagery #Biology #Corticosteroids

#dementia #diabetes #depression #glaucoma #cataracts #healthliteracy #gerontology #publichealth #geriatrics #agedcare #corticosteroids #Alzheimers #health #gastroenterology

Circulating inflammatory (LPS, indoxyl sulfate),
and anti-inflammatory (butyrate)
gut-liver metabolites
need to be addressed.

Back to normal weight within a few months of stopping completely. Gained 15 kg bc I retained so much fluid.
Took a few months to improve other symptoms like hair loss, weird fat deposits, gastritis, so I’m still not back to normal. …Does it stop?

#Covid
#hydrocortisone #Corticosteroids

How long after ending #corticosteroids for side effects to end?
Off entirely for nearly 19 months after a 10 month slow weaning period (down from 20mg #hydrocortisone for 18 months). Took 9 months for swelling in my hands to go away. ATCH & cortisol normal again.
Caused by #Covid