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Corticosteroids - how important they are in treatment.
Artificially created steroid hormones are called corticosteroids. These are analogs of the hormones glucocorticoids and mineralocortisoids synthesized in the human body by the adrenal glands. The importance of these hormones is very great for human health, since glucocorticoids are regulators of metabolic processes in the body associated with the absorption of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Mineralocortisoids regulate water-salt metabolism.
Corticosteroids of synthetic origin are divided according to the degree of effect into weak, moderate, strong and extremely strong.
Corticosteroids have an anti-inflammatory effect according to the degree of action and help to reduce immune responses.
The field of activity of corticosteroids in the treatment of diseases is quite extensive:
- These are inflammations of allergic origin,
- Inflammation caused by trauma,
- Impact on regeneration processes,
- Inflammation caused by metabolic disorders,
- Regulation of hormonal metabolism,
- Regulation of the rheological properties of blood,
- Regulation of cardiovascular disorders.
Corticosteroids are available in the form of injections, ointments, creams, powders, tablets, drops, aerosols.
Corticosteroids are not used uncontrollably and for a long time, since addiction is developed to them, some inflammatory processes acquire a persistent effect due to a decrease in immune responses.
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