Sowmya Astekar, Suveet Mathur

Corticosteroids ¿ Role & Bids in dentistry

Fundamentals and Uses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Corticosteroids are medicines that are similar to the natural hormone cortisol and belong to the family of drugs called steroids. These drugs have wide spread effects, which include action on body's metabolism, inflammatory processes and immune system. They are often used in treating skin problem, severe allergies, asthma and arthritis. These drugs are also used among patients who have recieved organ transplants, to reduce the chance or rejection and other immune mediated pathologies.Corticosteroids now a days come in a variety of sources, suitable for treating different conditions. Though these drugs are useful in treating many medical conditions they also have many undesirable side effects. These side effects are rare when used for a short time. The major side effect is, they may lower the body's ability to fight off infections or may make infections harder to treat. Other common side effecs include changes in appetite (increase or decrease), nervousness, restlessness, sleep problem, indigestion and osteoporosis. Thus we as oral diagnosticians should weigh the advantages and disadvantages prior to prescription of corticosteroids.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9786200654656
• ISBN-10: 6200654654
• Artikelnr.: 58862752

Autorenporträt

Académico activo que trabaja como profesor asociado en una institución dental privada. También deseo implicarme mucho en el diagnóstico oral y la planificación del tratamiento de los pacientes. Tener un gran interés por conocer lo desconocido en el campo de la odontología forense. Me gustaría ser conocido como Radiólogo Oral y Maxilofacial y Odonatólogo Forense.