Hormone-induced moon face

'Everyone loves beauty', and everyone pays special attention to their own appearance. Many people need to take hormone drugs for physical reasons. After taking hormone drugs for a period of time, they find that their faces become swollen like a full moon, which is often called 'full moon face'. This is caused by the side effects of hormones. If you have this condition, you must go to the hospital for regular checkups to avoid excessive side effects of hormones. This article introduces a solution to this problem. Let’s take a look.

Choosing the best type of hormone

Generally speaking, dexamethasone is not recommended for long-term use because of its strong effect and strong water and sodium retention, which can easily induce moon face. Medrol is slightly more likely to induce moon face than prednisone, but it has some other advantages such as strong immunosuppressive effect and easy access to the lesion site, so patients can use it as appropriate.

Minimize hormone doses

If controlled well and the hormone dosage is reduced under the premise of following the doctor's advice, the moon face will generally gradually disappear on its own and return to normal after a few months or a longer time. However, reducing the dosage of hormones or increasing the use of some immunosuppressants as a substitute may also have side effects.

Combined with Chinese medicine

According to Chinese medicine, this disease is characterized by Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity. Clinically, it can be combined with oral administration of Liuwei Dihuang Pills to enhance kidney function, improve body immunity, and eliminate the side effects of hormone drugs. From clinical observations and pharmacological studies, it can be seen that single Rehmannia root and the compound "Liuwei Dihuang Pills" can counteract the decrease in plasma cortisol concentration after continuous administration of hormones, and prevent adrenal cortex atrophy, and have the effect of counteracting the inhibitory effect of hormones on the pituitary-adrenal system. At the same time, it also has a bidirectional regulatory and diuretic effect on blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipids, avoiding water and sodium retention. Therefore, using Liuwei Dihuang Pills together with hormone drugs can effectively eliminate the side effects of hormones and prevent the occurrence of edema, obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.

Pay attention to diet and exercise

You should eat a low-salt, low-fat, low-sugar, high-protein and vitamin-rich diet, and eat more foods that reduce swelling and dampness, such as winter melon, corn, and mung bean sprouts. Exercise outdoors more often, do some appropriate exercises, move your face more often, chew gum, and it is recommended that you wash your face with cold water to help recovery and accelerate the decomposition of fat.