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I had a facet joint shot for low back pain a month ago which consists of steroid. would that suppress antibodies i had from earlier rabies vaccines and make me less protected? would my immune systems response to new infections be slow? for how long?
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Local injection of steroids does not cause significant side effects of taking oral or IV steroids. It is not likely to lower the immune system
Answered 3/16/2022
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Local steroid injections do NOT affect prior immune T or B cell responses and will not act as an immune suppressant
Answered 3/18/2022
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