Dexamethason use for ten days

[Suka1980]

Hi I have used dexamethason 4 mg twice for ten days orally due to covid 19
I stopped having it today and feeling better even though I had mild covid
My blood sugar was 250 all this while

I just read it can cause high eye pressure or glaucoma in my eye
Is it true ?
Can I get it checked ?
If there is eye pressure high will it go down from tomorrow once I stop ?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Not with 10 days use.   And very rare taken orally,  mostly with steroid eye drops and usually on for longer than 2-3 weeks. And only about 10% of people on steroids for a long time have elevated eye pressure.

[Suka1980]

Thanks a lot

So no chance that I get high eye pressure with oral use of dexamethasone
So shouldn’t I test for IOp ?
What’s ur suggestion

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Relax it won't happen.