This is one of the best treatments for allergy and for nose block and a myriad of other ailments but the moment you tell them that it is STEROID then you can almost feel their gasp!
Then again just like nectar; even a medication like steroid which is actually life saving, must be used with proper indication and dose! And of course guidance and monitoring!
So practically Steroid, is any organic compound characterized by a molecular structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings.
The first therapeutic use of steroids occurred in the 18th century when English physician William Withering used digitalis, to treat edema.
Studies of steroids commenced in the early 19th century with investigations of the unsaponifiable material obtainable from bile.
Breakthrough was when American physician Philip S. Hench announced in 1949 that the hitherto intractable symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis were dramatically alleviated by the adrenal hormone cortisone!
Steroids are now useful in treating rashes, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and allergy.
In fact in many autoimmune diseases and in many emergencies steroids are the life saving medications which have to be used under guidance and in proper doses only!
Edward C. Kendall and Tadeusz Reichstein isolated individual hormone compounds, including cortisone (Compound E).
Finally Kendall, Reichstein, and Hench shared the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on this life saving medication!
All you need to do is to use it judiciously; so if you use steroid properly you will reach the sky! Which reminds me of Which reminds me of Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai!
Now take your nasal spray without fear and sleep!
Shubh ratri…
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