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Can cortisone injection cause shingles?
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No: Why ask? Do you have shingles? If so, do you have serious underlying disease? Have you been treated? Any transplants, radiation, or chemotherapy? Your age? Details of any symptoms or skin lesions?
Answered 4/7/2020
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