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Question 1

Steroid side effects

Answer 1

endocrine: impaired glucose regulation, increased appetite/weight gain, hirsutism, hyperlipidaemia

Cushing’s syndrome: moon face, buffalo hump, striae

musculoskeletal: osteoporosis, proximal myopathy, avascular necrosis of the femoral head
immunosuppression: increased susceptibility to severe infection, reactivation of tuberculosis

psychiatric: insomnia, mania, depression, psychosis
gastrointestinal: peptic ulceration, acute pancreatitis

ophthalmic: glaucoma, cataracts

dermatological: acne
suppression of growth in children

intracranial hypertension
neutrophilia