Dr Chinonso Egemba, a medical expert, says users of bleaching cream, which contain steroids, are more likely to contract severe illness or even lost their life from coronavirus pandemic disease.
Chinonso, who is popularly identified as ‘Aproko Doctor’, said to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, that most skin-lightening and soaps contained steroids, which decreased body immunity.
However, he elucidated the immune system, as the body’s defence force against disease-causing bacteria and viruses like coronavirus and other organisms that humans touch, ingest and inhale everyday.
“If you are bleaching, stop it because it is reducing your immunity and people or patients with low immunity suffer more and may likely die from the virus.
“Steroids are basically anti-inflammatory drugs and inflammation is one way our bodies dispose off foreign substances. It could be via body swelling in form of boils or redness of the skin.
“So steroids reduce the body’s response to anything that could cause inflammation.
“Now, there are different types of bleaching creams and soaps but some particular types contain steroids and it can bleach the skin or cause skin lightening.
“When you use such cream or soap for a long time, it’s not just on the surface, your skin absorbs the steroids in the cream and it reduces your body immunity,” he said.
Additionally, he advised Nigerians to imbibe healthy lifestyles so as to help boost their immune system.
“Stop smoking, drink little or no alcohol, sleeping well, eating a balanced diet, take fruits and vegetables, take regular moderate exercise and reduce stress.
“These acts help our immune systems to be in the best shape possible to tackle pathogens and even coronavirus,” Egemba said. (NAN)
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