The consequences of long-term use of hormone drugs

Hormone drugs are also relatively common therapeutic drugs. This type of drug has a relatively obvious side effect, so it cannot be taken for a long time. If hormone drugs are taken for a long time, it will cause great harm to human health. The most obvious feeling is that it is easy to cause obesity, muscle atrophy, loose skin, edema, etc. Let us learn about this aspect below.

1. The harm of long-term use of hormone drugs

Long-term use of supraphysiological doses may cause centripetal obesity, moon face, purple striae, thinning skin, muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, hypokalemia, edema, nausea, vomiting, hypertension, diabetes, acne, hirsutism, infection, pancreatitis, poor wound healing, osteoporosis, induction or aggravation of gastrointestinal ulcers, growth inhibition in children, and induction of mental symptoms. Long-term and excessive use in the eyes can cause high blood pressure, leading to optic nerve damage, visual field loss, posterior subcapsular cataract, and secondary fungal or viral infections. The dangers of long-term use of hormone drugs

2. Which diseases should not be treated with hormonal ointments?

Acne; viral skin diseases (chickenpox, rash, etc.); fungal skin diseases (tinea corporis, tinea manuum, tinea cruris, etc.); systemic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, etc.; parasitic skin diseases such as folliculitis, scabies and other parasitic skin diseases. In addition to the above skin diseases, hormone ointments should not be used. For adults, especially women, long-term use of medium or strong hormone ointments will cause great harm to their health and beauty. If used on the face, it will reduce the skin's resistance and easily cause dust mites to grow and multiply in the hair follicles, causing folliculitis, rosacea-like rash, etc. In this regard, we remind all patients with skin diseases that they should go to regular medical institutions or dermatology hospitals for diagnosis and treatment, and do not buy hormone ointments on their own to avoid delaying the disease.

3. What should you pay attention to when using hormone drugs?

During the period of hormone use, if the patient finds that his appetite has increased, first of all, he should control it according to the doctor's instructions; secondly, he should reduce the intake of sweets, such as candy, cakes and other snacks, as well as high-sugar fruits such as bananas, otherwise it is easy to cause high blood pressure; finally, he should increase the amount of exercise appropriately. Patients who require higher doses should monitor blood glucose levels and take the lowest therapeutic dose possible to maintain efficacy.

Many topical hormone ointments can actually be replaced by traditional Chinese medicine ointments. It is best not to use them unless it is necessary.