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Hi docs, will your face still swell from a couple of steroid injections 3 or 4 weeks ago?
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Maybe: If your body (adrenal glands) are very sensitive to steroid injection, then the steroid will make the adrenals shut down, cause salt and fluid retention, and you can develop a swelling or "moon" type face, until the steroid is out of your system.
Answered 7/21/2014
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