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A member asked:

Got cortisone shot in knee. within hours had headache and very uncomfortable facial flushing. reaction? what helps relieve symptoms?

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Call your doc: Sounds like an allergic reaction to what was injected. While antihistamines my help,the symptoms, you need to call the doc who,injected your knee, so,it snd you can be examined, and allergy can be listed to avoid a worse problem if this med is used again.

Dr Saghafi agreed

Answered 9/19/2018

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