Steroids are not indicated in treatment of ?: (A) Hypercalcemia, (B) Respiratory distress, (C) Intraventricular hemorrage, (D) Enterocolitis
Answer is C. Ans. is 'c' i.e., Intraventricular heamorrhage o Coicoids afford symptomatic relief in advanced malignancies by improving appetite and controlling secondary hypercalcaemia. o Coicosteroids benefit aspiration pneumonia and pulmonary edema from drowning (respiratory distress). o Coicoids can be used in the treatment of enterocolitis (ulcerative colitis). o Coicoids can be used in cerebral edema due to tumors and tubercular meningitis. Their value in traumatic and poststroke cerebral edema (including intraventricular hemorrhage) is questionable.