Post-traumatic Stress can be helped by Steroids
According to a research conducted by the UT Southwestern Medical Center with mice, body’s natural stress hormone can prove to be a beneficial option in lastingly minimizing the fearful response of a traumatic memory.
It was found that when Corticosterone was administered to the mice, enhancements of new memories took place to fight against the fearful [...]
Steroids On ICU Patients Cause High Risk Of Infections
In a case-control conducted by Dr. Rebecca Britt and colleagues of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, they compared 100 patients who received corticosteroids in a burn-trauma ICU, the research group found out that patients who received the drugs stayed a week longer in the ICU, remained on ventilators five days longer, and had higher rates [...]
Prolonged Use Of Steroids Culprit Of Skin Cancer
A study revealed that patients who are using steroids over a long period of time have greater chances of developing cancers. It also proved that people who are in steroid medications have greater risks of developing nonmelanoma-type skin malignancies and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Long-term steroid use was associated with 50% increased risk for developing basal cell carcinoma. [...]
High Doses of Steroids Effective For Giant Cell Arteritis
Researchers have proved that a high dose of steroids is a very practical treatment for curing Giant cell arteritis (GCA). The disease that is often caused to affect Caucasian women over the age of 50 years is characterized by inflammation of the arteries, primarily in the head and can lead to swelling and headaches, or [...]