How to treat side effects after taking dexamethasone

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Desamethasone is an extremely common drug, which belongs to a kind of glucocorticoid drugs. Generally speaking, adverse reactions are not particularly obvious. These adverse reactions mainly depend on the course of treatment and dosage of drugs, as well as the specific types of drugs used. If long-term use of desamethasone, iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome may appear, the patient's weight will increase, and there will be lower limb edema phenomenon, the skin surface will appear purple lines, and when taking desamethasone, the body is prone to bleeding tendency, the wound is difficult to heal, or the wound will heal after bad. Let's take a look at the following.

How to treat side effects after taking dexamethasone

First: long term use of dexamethasone may lead to facial acne, menstrual disorders, and ischemic necrosis of the humerus or femoral head. In addition, people who often use desamethasone are prone to osteoporosis and fracture, especially vertebral compression fracture.

Second: regular use of desamethasone can cause pathological fractures of long bones, but also easily lead to muscle weakness, or even muscle atrophy. Long term use of dexamethasone can induce hypokalemia syndrome or gastrointestinal irritation symptoms, patients will feel nausea or vomiting.

Third: people who often take desamethasone are also prone to pancreatitis or peptic ulcer. The drug can cause gastrointestinal perforation in patients with gastrointestinal ulcers. In addition, the drug can induce glaucoma and cataract. Long term medication may lead to increased intracranial pressure.

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The frequent use of desamethasone can aggravate the condition of people with diabetes, and also can make the patients appear the phenomenon of glucose intolerance. In addition, desamethasone is easy to cause some mental symptoms, such as making the patient feel happy, but also making the patient easily excited or upset.