Inhaled steroids and visual problems… Is there any link?

Although there are numerous steroids which lead to severe side reactions, there are also such steroids which cause positive effects for our health. Several latest studies connected with the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide have given to our society certain hope. This product has been used many times to cure children who have asthma. It has been believed that this drug led to cataract in children that administrated it. But the recent studies have demonstrated that the possibility related to this negative consequence is quite reduced.
Certain specialists at the University of Southern Denmark in Holding have made a study to define possibility of occurring cataract in the kids that were cured with budesonide. There was no any cataract in 148 patients that were using this inhaled corticosteroid. Among those who didn’t have asthma and were not treated with budesonide 2 persons had cataract.  It was reported by the pediatric professor Soren Pedersen from the University of the Southern Denmark in Kolding. This statement was pronounced during a meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology in San Francisco.   Soren Pedersen noted that when it came to cataract, there was no any difference between those who used budesonide and those who didn’t use it.
The doctor Soren Pederson and his colleagues have treated many patients that had asthma with budesonide during over 2 decades. There was no any indication that this inhales steroid could cause any dangerous undesirable consequence. Kids that were given budesonide didn’t have any growth problems.
In the recent study 270 children suffering from asthma were given budesonide; 62 kids didn’t apply budesonide because their parents feared of the consequences. Parents of those to whom budesonide was given reported that no any dangerous side reaction was observed in their kids. 30 of those 62 children that applied budesonide felt benefits in the treatment of asthma.
The specialists have determined that the risk of cataract for those that cure asthma with the inhaled steroid budesonide was 5 %.
Soren Pedersen noted that there was no any cataract or another side result related to vision during over 15 years of his practice of treating kids with the steroid budesonide.
Hyun Don Yun, MD, a resident in allergy and immunology at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, has stated that these aspects have displayed that even long-time therapy with the inhaled steroid budesonide doesn’t lead to any negative reaction linked with visual system.
According to several other studies, inhaled steroids have other influence on our systems in comparison with effects of other steroids.
It is necessary to conclude that there are steroids that may benefit instead of causing severe adverse consequences. It is impossible to contest benefits of some steroids.