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Should doctors give steroids to a 17 yr old for a terribly swollen eye caused by a bug bite?
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Reasonable: For the acute allergy based reaction of a bug bite on eyelids, a pulse corticosteroid treatment is very reasonable to reduce eyelid swelling, itchiness, and discomfort. A brief treatment is not likely to impose any unfavorable health consequences.
Answered 10/17/2013
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