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A 33-year-old female asked:
What are some reasons an epidural steroid injection would worsen pain?
2 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Qamar Khananswered
Pain Management 19 years experience
Like Any Other Inj: The worse part of an epidural injection is typically the local anesthetic administered to numb the skin. After that the needle typically feels like pressure. However as the needle enters the spinal canal or around the nerve root there can be some pain that is transient. Sometimes is the nerve is really pinched by the disc herniation, placing medication in can cause pain as it push on the nerve.
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Dr. Paul Grinanswered
Pain Management 38 years experience
Epidural steroid inj: It is not very unusual to have a different pain sensation after having an epidural steroid injection. The injections provide pain relief for at least half of the people who receive them. Your pain may become worse for 7- 10 days after the injection before it begins to improve. Are you currently seeing a fellowship-trained spinal pain management specialist?
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Who should get an epidural steroid injection?
4 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
Dr. Richard Guyeranswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 48 years experience
Primary for leg pain: They are used primary used when there is a pinched nerve in the back that is causing leg pain, ie sciatica.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
How dangerous is an epidural steroid injection?
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Dr. William Newtonanswered
Pain Management 21 years experience
Very safe: In the right hands by a well qualified pain management physician these injections have a very low complication rate. There is always a risk. If done without sedation, under fluoroscopic guidance and with the appropriate steroids the risks are very low.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
What is an epidural steroid injection like?
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Dr. Mitchell Zeitleranswered
Anesthesiology 41 years experience
Not bad: If you can relax and allow the person doing the procedure walk you through what he/she is doing, then it will be over before you know it.
Local anesthetic is injected into the skin with a small needle and then another needle is placed into the epidural space so that anti-inflammatory drug (steroid) is placed near the site causing the nerve root irritation.
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