Goomba wrote:
>
> Steroids raise the blood sugar, but with *most* folks it is just
> temporary as they don't take them routinely. This isn't "diabetes" per
> se, but in the hospital we'll often treat them with some insulin anyway
> as evidence is that controlled blood sugars lessen infection and help
> healing progress.


Thanks for the info.
Other than poison ivy, what are steroids used to treat?


--Lia