High use of steroids increases risk of heart disease

Steroids used to treat skin conditions, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, or other autoimmune disorders are well known for their side effects in high doses, however heart attacks and strokes are the most serious. Researchers found that systemic use of high dose glucocorticoids conveyed an extremely high risk of the user suffering from a cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event during their treatment compared to non-users. The higher risk was due to the associated steroid side effects of increased blood sugar, blood pressure and body weight.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Pak Tribune

Related Disease Topics:

• Skin conditions
• Asthma
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Autoimmune disorders
• Heart attacks
• Strokes
• Cardiovascular event
• Cerebrovascular event

Related Symptom Topics:

• Increased body weight

Article Source Details

About: High use of steroids increases risk of heart disease

Date: 11 January 2006

Source: Pak Tribune

URL: http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=130769

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Risk and steroids
• Risk and steroid use
• Risk and glucocorticoids
• Risk and heart disease
• Risk and skin conditions
• Risk and asthma
• Risk and rheumatoid arthritis
• Risk and autoimmune disorders
• Risk and heart attacks
• Risk and strokes
• Risk and cardiovascular event
• Risk and cerebrovascular event
• Risk and high doses steroids
• Risk and systemic steroids
• Research
• Research and steroids
• Research and high dose steroids
• Research and glucocorticoids
• Research and heart disease
• Research and heart attack
• Research and stroke
• Research and cardiovascular disease
• Research and cerebrovascular disease
• Side effects
• Side effects and high blood sugar
• Side effects and prediabetes
• Side effects and diabetes
• Side effects and high blood pressure
• Side effects and hypertension
• Side effects and obesity
• Side effects and increased body weight
• Side effects and overweight
• Side effects and steroids
• Side effects and high dose steroids
• Side effects and glucocorticoids
• Side effects and heart disease
• Side effects and heart attack
• Side effects and stroke
• Side effects and cardiovascular disease
• Side effects and cerebrovascular disease

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