The use of hormones in the treatment of neoclonal pneumonia has side effects that are difficult to avoid, such as the loss of calcium, osteoporosis, elevation of blood sugar, and peptic ulcers. They are only recommended when the pros and cons are weighed and are considered to outweigh the cons. When SARS occurred, many patients used large doses of long courses of hormones due to the heavy pneumonia and the lack of effective treatments such as ventilators and artificial lungs that were not widely available, so some patients developed gastric ulcers, abnormal blood sugar, osteoporosis, and even femoral head necrosis, leaving serious sequelae and a significantly lower quality of life. Nowadays, it is generally considered undesirable to use hormones in large doses, which definitely do more harm than good. If it is during the (new) coronavirus pneumonia, the disease progresses more rapidly and the inflammatory response is more obvious, such as when the C-reactive protein exceeds 100mg/L, and there is high fever and the lung exudation is more obvious, then the use of small doses and short courses of hormone therapy is generally more beneficial than harmful. Content source: Dr. You Lai