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Regarding steroid
Dear Doctor,
My brother is glaucoma suspect . His eye pressure was high but it is normal now after taking drops , prescribed by the doctor. Now he has some skin rashes pityarisis rosea from. 1 one week . His skin doctor prescribed some medication with lotion and ointment and that ointment contain steroid . Ointment name is hhfudic -10 mg. Which he has to apply 4 time in a day. So my concern is that can he apply this ointment or not. It increases the eye pressure. Please guide.
Hi...
Keep checking the eye pressure with the doctor and take extra medication to control it if advised by the doctor.
Also inform your skin doctor about the problem , so he can keep the course short and also consider alternatives if possible.
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Hi,
Using steroid ointment will be an issue if your brother is steroid responder i.e his eye pressures were elevated due to use steroids.
If he is infact a steroid responder, he needs to keep a close watch on his intraocular pressure while using steroid ointment. He will need to visit his local ophthalmologist at regular intervals and get his pressure checked and maintained in the normal range.
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