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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Steroids Making Heart Race

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Dr. Benard Shehu MD

Hi, I underwent some steroid treatment when i was growing boy aged 14. I understand that steroids can cause growth of organs including heart. Suppose my treatment caused heart growth, and associated ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Benard Shehu ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD

irregular heart beat, recouperating from compresswd spine, auto immune attack. was treated with steroids and been off for 4 months. have lower back pain and week legs. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Michelle Gibson James MD

permanent? I am also on Lipitor and a diuretic for Congestive heart failure . ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Benard Shehu MD

Dear Doctor, I took some steroids as early teenager at a time when my body is still developing. I read heart size increases by 40% in boys as result of hormones..... and also read that heart cells are ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Benard Shehu ( Cardiologist)
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj MD

this apply to crystallin in brain heart etc also? In case the oxandrolone helped proliferate crystallin ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj ( Neurologist)

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Dr.   Saad Sultan MD

Already have heart palpations from time to time....but got broncitis and took steroids,....could broncitis and steroids make the palpations worse they have been bad for two days....anything I can do to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saad Sultan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Ashakiran S MD

Recently my mom had heart catheterization she had 95% blockage in her heart and they put one stent before that she had wheezing prblm for that they gave steroids to her to that steroids the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

I recently began taking steroids after several people told me they were safe. The first two weeks ...-headedness. Automatically my mind goes to worst case scenario and thinks it is my heart. However, it does... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.     Bhanu Partap MD

irregular. Never had a problem before. Could the steroids and shot have affected my heart? ...I had 6 days of steroids and a week later a cortisone shot to try to help with my tendinitis in my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhanu Partap ( Cardiologist)
Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

Sister is on baclofin, aubagio, ampyra for ms and metoprofal for racing heart episodes. She is ... had intravenous steroids. They did not help this time. Can the body build up immunity to steroids? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)