Psoriasis is a complex disease that requires safe, long-term treatment. Topical steroid therapy, topical non-steroid therapy only, and a combination of various topical therapies in the treatment of mild to moderate forms of psoriasis are presented. Topical therapy includes corticosteroids, vitamin D3 analogs, retinoids, tars, anthralin, keratolytics, and topical immunomodulators. While most med...

Background: So far seven types of the genus malassezia have been known. Except for one kind, the rest are normal flora of human skin, which under certain circumstances, cause or trigger eleven diseases. One of the side effects of topical and systemic steroid is steroid acne. Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the association of pityrosporum ovale (Malassezia) and steroid acne...

purpose: to evaluate the incidence of steroid-induced ocular hypertension (oht) after myopic photo-refractive keratectomy (prk). methods: myopic prk was performed on 506 eyes of 269 patients. refractive error was between -1.00 and -5.00 diopters of sphere and less than 4 diopters of cylinder. baseline intraocular pressure (iop) before the operation and at different time intervals after the oper...

Lichen planus is a relatively common mucocutaneous lesion in adults but it rarely seen paediatric patients. Here we presenting case of oral lichen 10 years old boy. The diagnosis was made on the basis clinical features only. Topical steroid therapy most given planus. This wastreated with novel treatment modality topical tacrolimus 0.03% and patient responded well to treatment.

Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis is a subtle, chronic and bilateral condition of the corneal epithelium, typically manifests with acute exacerbations and remissions. The etiology remains uncertain, despite the possibility of viral etiology was suspected. Topical steroid administration is useful in aborting an acute phase; but steroid induced cataract and glaucoma developed on long term...

INTRODUCTION To review the best-corrected visual acuity, ulcer size, microbiological profile and morbidity of contact lens-related microbial keratitis with and without prior topical steroid use. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective case review of admitted cases of contact lens-related microbial keratitis in a tertiary hospital. Data pertaining to demographics, pre-admission treatment with or w...

Sweet’s syndrome (SS) is a steroid-responsive dermatological condition characterized by fever, neutrophilia and classical tender erythematous skin rash. Pregnancy-associated SS an extremely rare clinical entity must be kept in mind while approaching case of rash pregnancy. We reported pregnancy with features characteristic histopathological neutrophilic dermatosis that had benign course, resolv...