Thursday, September 17, 2020

Children who take steroids at increased risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, blood clots

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ru-cwt091620.php

News Release 17-Sep-2020
Rutgers University

Children who take oral steroids to treat asthma or autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and blood clots, according to Rutgers researchers.

The study, which was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, examined the records of more than 933,000 US children from ages 1 to 18 with or without autoimmune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile arthritis or psoriasis. Among those without an autoimmune disease, about two in three children who received prescriptions for steroids had evidence of asthma.

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