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Basic Information: Steroids

Count: Steroids is listed as a: treatment for 130 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 1 conditions; research treatment for 3 conditions.

Treatment types for Steroids: corticosteroids (99), Topical corticosteroids (17), oral steroids (8)

Steroids is a type of: Anti-inflammatory drugs (178)

Treatments: list of all treatments

List of Diseases with Steroids as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Steroids' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

  • Absolute Glaucoma ... Steroids
  • Acute Bronchitis ... steroids
  • Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis ... corticosteroids
  • Acute rheumatic fever ... corticosteroids
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ... Corticosteroids
  • Anaphylaxis ... steroids
  • Arteritis ... corticosteroids
  • Arthralgia ... steroid injections
  • Asthma ... oral steroids, inhaled steroids
  • Autoimmune diseases ... Corticosteroids

    B

  • Back pain ... steroid injections
  • Behcet's Disease ... Corticosteroids
  • Bell's Palsy ... steroids, corticosteroids
  • Blepharitis ... steroid eyedrops
  • Brain cancer ... steroids
  • Bronchitis ... Corticosteroids
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... corticosteroids
  • Brown-Sequard Syndrome ... high-dose steroids
  • Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus ... Corticosteroids
  • BXO ... Steroids

    C

  • CANOMAD syndrome ... corticosteroids
  • Centriacinar Emphysema ... Corticosteroids
  • Chronic Airway Obstruction ... Corticosteroids
  • Chronic Bronchitis ... Corticosteroids
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... Steroids
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy ... corticosteroids
  • Chronic rhinitis ... Corticosteroids
  • Chronic Sinusitis ... oral steroids, steroids, steroid nasal sprays
  • Cluster headache ... Corticosteroids
  • Colitis ... Steroids
  • Collagenous Colitis ... Oral steroids
  • COPD ... Corticosteroids or steroids
  • Cradle Cap ... topical corticosteroids
  • Crohn's disease ... Steroids, corticosteroids
  • Cryoglobulinemia ... steroids

    D

  • Dermatitis ... topical corticosteroids, Corticosteroids
  • Dermatomyositis ... corticosteroids
  • Discoid lupus erythematosus ... injected corticosteroids, topical corticosteroids

    E

  • Eczema ... Corticosteroid creams and ointments, injected corticosteroids, oral corticosteroids
  • Encephalitis ... Corticosteroids
  • Endocarditis ... corticosteroids
  • Enthesopathy ... steroid injections
  • Erythema ... Corticosteroids
  • Erythema nodosum ... oral corticosteroids, corticosteroids
  • Erythroderma ... corticosteroids
  • Exfoliative dermatitis ... oral corticosteroids, topical corticosteroids

    F

  • Food allergies ... corticosteroids
  • Frozen Shoulder ... injected corticosteroids

    G

  • Glomerulonephritis ... corticosteroids
  • Golfer's elbow ... injected corticosteroids
  • Goodpasture syndrome ... Corticosteroids
  • Gout ... corticosteroid injections into the joint
  • Granuloma annulare ... topical corticosteroids

    H

  • Hay fever ... Topical nasal steroids, corticosteroids
  • Heat rash ... topical corticosteroids
  • Heel spur ... injected corticosteroids
  • HELLP syndrome ... steroids
  • Hemorrhoids ... topical corticosteroids
  • Herpes zoster oticus ... corticosteroids
  • Hives ... corticosteroids

    I

  • Idiopathic eosinophilic chronic pneumopathy ... corticosteroids
  • Ileitis ... corticosteroids
  • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura ... corticosteroids
  • Iritis ... oral steroids

    J

  • Juvenile dermatomyositis ... steroids

    L

  • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome ... corticosteroids
  • Leukemia ... corticosteroids
  • Lichen planus ... topical corticosteroids
  • Lichen sclerosis ... ultrapotent topical corticosteroid
  • Lupus ... corticosteroid creams, corticosteroids
  • Lyme disease ... corticosteroids
  • Lymphatic Filariasis ... corticosteroids

    M

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome ... steroids
  • Multifocal choroiditis ... corticosteroids
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... steroids, corticosteroids
  • Myocarditis ... corticosteroids
  • Myoma (fibroid) ... oral steroids

    N

  • Neurodermatitis ... corticosteroids

    O

  • Occipital Neuralgia ... steroid injections
  • Opsoclonus Myoclonus ... corticosteroids
  • Optic neuritis ... corticosteroids
  • Otitis externa ... topical corticosteroids

    P

  • Pancolitis ... Corticosteroids
  • Pemphigus ... corticosteroids
  • Pinched Nerve ... Corticosteroids
  • Pneumonia ... corticosteroids
  • Polyarteritis ... steroids
  • Polyarteritis nodosa ... corticosteroids
  • Polyarthritis ... steroid injections
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome ... steroids
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... corticosteroids
  • Premature Birth ... corticosteroids
  • Proctitis ... oral corticosteroids, topical corticosteroids
  • Prurigo ... steroid injections
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri ... Steroids
  • Psoriasis ... topical corticosteroids (Diprolene®,* Temovate®, Ultravate®, or Psorcon®)

    R

  • Rasmussen's Encephalitis ... steroids
  • Reiter’s syndrome ... Corticosteroid joint injections, Topical corticosteroids
  • Rheumatic fever ... corticosteroids
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... corticosteroids (glucocorticoids)
  • Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis ... corticosteroids

    S

  • Sarcoid ... steroids
  • Sarcoidosis ... corticosteroids
  • SARS ... oral steroids
  • Scalp psoriasis ... Corticosteroids
  • Schilder's Disease ... corticosteroids
  • Scleritis ... corticosteroids
  • Secondary Emphysema ... Corticosteroids
  • Shingles ... steroids, corticosteroids
  • Shy-Drager Syndrome ... salt-retaining steroids
  • Sinusitis ... oral steroids, steroids, steroid nasal sprays, Corticosteroids
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... topical corticosteroids, corticosteroids, Corticosteroids, corticosteroids
  • Spinal cord injury ... corticosteroids
  • Spinal Cord Tumor ... corticosteroids
  • Spondylarthropathy ... corticosteroids
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... oral steroids
  • Sympathetic ophthalmitis ... corticosteroids

    T

  • Temporal arteritis ... corticosteroids
  • Tendinitis ... steroid injections
  • Tennis elbow ... injected corticosteroids
  • Thrombocytopenia ... Oral corticosteroids
  • Thyroid eye disease ... Corticosteroids
  • Toxocariasis ... corticosteroids
  • Toxoplasmosis ... corticosteroids
  • Trichinosis ... Corticosteroids

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... corticosteroids
  • Ulcerative proctosigmoiditis ... Corticosteroids
  • Uveitis ... oral corticosteroids

    V

  • Vitiligo ... Topical steroid therapy
  • Vulvitis ... corticosteroid creams

    List of Diseases with Steroids as a Preventive Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Steroids' or similar listed as a preventive treatment in our database:

    B

  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... corticosteroids

    List of Diseases with Steroids as a Research Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Steroids' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:

    C

  • Chronic Pancreatitis ... Steroids
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... steroids

    P

  • Peyronie's disease ... steroid local injections

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