Intravenous dexamethasone-induced perineal pain in children

Maher Mohamad Najm^1,2, Nermen Khaled Al-Halak³

DOI: 10.32677/yjm.v2i2.4260

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.32677/yjm.v2i2.4260

Publish Date: 28-09-2023

Pages: 120 - 121

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Author Affiliation:

¹Consultant, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Center, Hamad General Hospital, 
²Clinical Lecturer, Department of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 
³Student, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria

Abstract

Dexamethasone is one of the most commonly used corticosteroids in pediatric practice, especially for allergies and various types of airway inflammation. Since the 1980s, there have been many reports of the occurrence of short-lived, self-limiting, and unpleasant perineal pain in adults, particularly women, following intravenous administration [1,2]. In this letter, we describe two cases of young girls who suffered from severe anogenital pain that occurred immediately after starting the injection of intravenous dexamethasone