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Why do corticosteroids slow healing?
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See details: Corticosteroids inhibit macrophage function, a cell that is essential for wound healing.
Answered 9/28/2016
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BAsic Science: When our bodies sustain an injury, the immediate response is inflammation (red, hot, tender swelling). This is the body increasing the blood flow to the injury to bring healing factors to the area and also the veins expand to carry bad stuff away. Steroids (as well as motrin/advil) are anti inflammatory which means they slow down healing by reducing/stopping the processes of inflammation.
Answered 10/24/2017
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