Mum horrified by steroid cream side effect
A mum has been left horrified after her baby doubled in size and grew hair on her face after she was given steroid cream to treat dry skin.
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A mum has been left horrified after her baby doubled in size and grew hair on her face from a steroid cream she was given to treat dry skin.
The parents sought medical treatment for the five-month-old girl after she ballooned to 11 kilograms.
After the girl’s parents rushed her to a hospital in China, doctors ran a series of tests to figure out what was behind the little girl’s sudden weight gain.
Medics said they were baffled after being told by the parents that the only food she was receiving was her mother’s breast milk, which was tested and found to be normal.
Doctors asked the parents to reduce the girl’s food intake, however, a month later the problem was much worse.
The little girl had swelled to double her size and had grown dark hair on her forehead and cheeks.
Following another visit to the hospital, the baby was transferred to a specialist unit where a nurse noted that four other babies had been suffering from the same symptoms.
The nurse asked the mother if she had been using any creams on her daughter to which she produced “Yifulin”, the cream she had been using to treat her daughter’s dry skin.
A later examination of the product found that it contained 30mg of clobetasol propionate, which doctors claimed should only have been used for a short period of time.
The five-month-old had been given the product for a minimum of two months before her parents noticed the side effects.
According to the doctors treating the baby girl will be difficult and the hair growth may take several years to fall out.
The lotion has since been pulled from the shelves in China following reports from parents about its side effects.
Provisional research indicated that the dosage was in excess of that usually recommended for adults and should not have been used on children.
In 2018, parents in the UK were warned to stop using the skin cream Zudaifu as it contained illegal steroids.
The product contained the same steroid found in the baby cream however the company did not have a licence to sell the controlled substance.
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was republished with permission
Originally published as Mum horrified by steroid cream side effect
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