Does your osteoporosis patient’s history also reveal that he or she was on glucocorticoid therapy for some time? Maybe, you need to get their detailed history before further tests. Glucocorticoid doses can be the reason behind their osteoporosis. This article will provide you some basic aspects of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Glucocorticoids are commonly referred as steroids in layman terms.
Glucocorticoids are a group of corticosteroids which bind to GR receptors in the genes and are widely used in the prolonged treatment of asthma. Sometimes glucocorticoid accumulation can get chronic. Such chronic glucocorticoid endogenous or exogenous excess can lead to the development of osteoporosis. This article will discuss the pathogenesis, clinical features and evaluation of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Pathogenesis: The association of glucocorticoids with bone health has been…
