Why Steroids?

tamborine | 08:38 Sat 28th Mar 2015 | Body & Soul

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Doc says I have COPD & prescribed steroids....why?

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Steroids reduce or dampen down the inflammatory response which often plagues patients with COPD due to infection. That simple really.

08:43 Sat 28th Mar 2015

Sqad

Steroids reduce or dampen down the inflammatory response which often plagues patients with COPD due to infection.

That simple really.

have you only just been diagnosed with COPD, do you have a chest infection ?

Get well soon tambo x

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blow reading failure - hahaha ;)

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