cortisone damage
cortisone
Cortisone therapy is an amazing treatment that has saved and saved millions of people, and until this moment it is still the only magical drug for many incurable diseases, but which would have been fatal without this important treatment. Literally regarding the quantity of doses and the time and period of their use.
Cortisone is a corticosteroid hormone, which reduces the body's natural defenses by blocking the secretion of substances that cause inflammation and relieves symptoms associated with it by reducing swelling and hypersensitivity. This drug treats a wide range of immune diseases, blood diseases and diseases related to hormonal imbalance, in addition to some skin diseases, eye diseases and breathing problems, and is also useful in treating some types of cancers and other diseases.[1]
types of cortisone
Cortisone is taken in three forms: [2] Topical cortisone: It is frequently used topically as a cream or ointment and for many skin diseases where they are treated and their symptoms reduced. Cortisone pills and cortisone injections: They are used only for extreme necessity due to their significant side effects. Inhalation sprays: They are used to treat diseases in the respiratory tract, such as nasal and oral sprays.
Factors affecting the effects of cortisone
Cortisone as a substance in this universe finds that it has effects and disadvantages in addition to its enormous benefits, and the emergence of side effects of cortisone depends on several factors, namely:[2] The type of medicine taken: The use of oral pills increases the incidence of side effects more than inhalation sprays and injections. Dosage amount: The higher the dose, the more likely side effects will appear. Length of treatment: the longer the duration, the greater the risk of side effects. Age: The incidence of side effects decreases in the young age group, and increases in adults and young adults.
cortisone damage
These damages are as follows:
Cortisone works to disrupt the parenchymal gland from secreting natural cortisone, and it may take weeks or perhaps months for this gland to return to its normal work of secreting natural cortisone in the body. In many cases, intraocular pressure is elevated. It leads to cataract disease, which affects the eyesight, which is the opacity of the lens of the eye. In some cases, it leads to an increase in the level of sugar in the blood. Rheumatoid arthritis in many cases. Increased susceptibility to diseases as a result of a low level of immunity, meaning that it negatively affects the human immune system. You notice that those who use cortisone after a period of turning their face, and the accumulation of fat in them between the neck and shoulders, which forms what looks like a hump for them. Increased thirst and urination in the person who uses it, so you see him drinking a lot of water and fluids and going to the bathroom continuously to urinate. In the relatively long term, it leads to pain in the muscles of the body as they tighten and relax from one place to another. The retention of sodium in the human body, which in turn leads to an increase in the proportion of fluid in the body and the emergence of what is called edema (edema), which in turn also leads to high blood pressure, which increases the burden on the heart and its performance. Expulsion of an important element is potassium with urine, which in turn leads to failure in the work of the heart, and may also cause disturbances in the work of the menstrual cycle in adult females. Reducing human immunity, which leads to a delay in wound healing, so those receiving cortisone treatment should be very careful not to be exposed to the wound at all. Infection with bacterial, viral, and fungal bacteremia and similar skin diseases, so the patient who uses cortisone becomes infected with another disease without feeling that he is sick with another disease; Because corticosteroids mask the symptoms of bacteremia. Thinning of the skin and the appearance of capillaries in it. Changing the bacterial environment on the surface of the skin of the patient, which leads to the growth of harmful bacteria such as fungi. One of the side effects caused by the use of cortisone is osteoporosis, and it also increases the feeling of depression, and it also clearly and clearly increases the weight of the patient significantly.
pregnancy and cortisone
Cortisone is still under study for pregnant women, but some animal studies indicate that this drug increases the rate of some congenital diseases of the fetus in addition to the high risk of death of the child at birth. Therefore, it is advised not to use it for pregnant women unless there is no alternative at all. As for breastfeeding women, some studies indicate that this drug is excreted in milk in small quantities, so it should be avoided and not used in order not to cause side effects in the child, such as delayed growth.