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Now that covid isn’t such a huge concern i’d love to cover a topic that i haven’t been able to because that’s been the most popular topic of all and it is which infections are most likely while on prednisone and this study i’m going to cover today happened before covid so we’re not going to talk about that we’re done
Talking about that we don’t talk about coven not today so which other infections are most likely well in prison so this study was done in the uk and they looked at which in in people who took prednisone got an infection compared to normal people who aren’t that they were looking at people who had these certain
Diagnoses they had asthma copd rheumatoid arthritis inflammatory bowel disease polymyalgia rheumatica cancer or connective tissue disease and so only people with those conditions is what they were studying to see which infections they got while taking prednisone for those conditions so of those they found that in within
The first two weeks the most likely infection to happen infection and that’s the most likely that’s the most likely thing that will actually kill you on prednisone and so then the next thing that you’re most likely to get is called local candidiasis which is also known as a yeast infection the back of the
Throat maybe the tongue even and it can also be in other places on your skin in other strange places that would be a yeast infection so those are the first two most likely at any time but especially in the first two weeks and that’s septicemia and that’s actually a bacterial infection that’s all over the whole
Body it’s not just limited to like your lungs your nose or something it’s in your blood it’s and so that’s a big problem if that happens and then cellulitis that’s a skin infection of bacteria and so but with both of these they’re going to have to give you iv antibiotics which is not at all fun and then the fifth one is
Herpes zoster which is another fancy word for shingles and so if you got chickenpox as a child it can reactivate because your immunosuppressed and the virus that’s been hiding in your nerve endings can just reactivate and give you some seriously miserable pain so those are the five most likely to actually
Happen while you’re taking prednisone for the infections infections that they couldn’t people who aren’t taking steroids is varicella dermatophytosis and scabies you’re as likely to get that whether you’re taking pronoun or not so what can we possibly do about these potentially life-threatening complications and side
Effects of prednisone and first of all um doctors can be very aware that those are what to look for but what can we do as pronouns own patients right excuse me so first stay close in contact with your doctor if you’re having any symptoms like me coughing that’s not a good sign because that could be a sign of
Pneumonia right and so what can we do to prevent pneumonia from becoming a bad outcome so the two most likely uh things you’re going to get infected with that kills you with pneumonia you can prevent with dententa a vaccine and so if you haven’t already gotten your influenza vaccine every season and a pneumococcus vaccine
If you’re a certain age group or if you’re certain disease states it’s over 60 people can get the pneumococcus vaccine like the most common one is pneumovax and then the flu vaccine every season and that way pneumonia because that’s your most likely complication from having taken prednisone and then for the
Yeast infections it’s checking your mucous membranes in your mouth having your make make sure your doctor checks for that in your mouth the back of your throat maybe your feet or other areas that can be moist that’s where yeast likes to grow you are on prednisone let me know what other things you’re wondering about while
You’re taking on taking prednisone just comment below and if you liked this i appreciate you showing subscribe and finally if you want more information like this this is just a tiny bit of the tips that i share excuse me my voice is so weird checklist it contains this same information worst side effects
That prednisone causes and what you can actually do to combat them so if you’d like a copy just click the link below and you can get a copy of the prednisone checklist you
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Which infections are most likely while on prednisone? By Dr. Megan – Prednisone PharmacistliveBroadcastDetails{isLiveNowfalsestartTimestamp2022-02-25T140022+0000endTimestamp2022-02-25T140827+0000}
