Is Corticosteroid Bad for Kawasaki Disease?
Is Corticosteroid Bad for Kawasaki Disease? Corticosteroid or steroid is use to treat patients with kawasaki disease when conventional treatment using intravenous immunoglobulin is ineffective. In kawasaki disease, their is an inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body. Without prompt treatment, threatening cardiovascular complications can arise. This illness usually affects children and is the leading cause of heart disease among this young age group. Is Corticosteroid Bad for Kawasaki Disease? @healthbiztips by Arlene Gentallan Studies have conflicting results. There are studies that reveal using corticosteroid (steroid) is beneficial to children with kawasaki disease as it decreases the risk of cardiovascular complication. Using corticosteroid decreases the duration of symptom of kawasaki disease and speeds up normalization of laboratory tests results such as c-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). The use of corticosteroid to treat kawasaki disease...