31-08-2022, 12:46 PM
(CNN)Taking oral or inhaled glucocorticoids, a type of steroid used to curb inflammation in asthma and other autoimmune disorders, may be linked to damaging changes in the white matter of the brain, a new study found.
Allergies, asthma linked to heart disease, study says
"This study shows that both systemic and inhaled glucocorticoids are associated with an apparently widespread reduction in white matter integrity," wrote study author Merel van der Meulen, a postdoctoral student at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, in the study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Open.
"This study gives us another reason to keep the dosages low," he added.
https://us.cnn.com/2022/08/30/health/ora...index.html
Allergies, asthma linked to heart disease, study says
"This study shows that both systemic and inhaled glucocorticoids are associated with an apparently widespread reduction in white matter integrity," wrote study author Merel van der Meulen, a postdoctoral student at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, in the study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Open.
"This study gives us another reason to keep the dosages low," he added.
https://us.cnn.com/2022/08/30/health/ora...index.html