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Date: 5:16 AM, 08/24/04

Spinal injecting

Dr Haisook · Administrator

The pain you are feeling is due to compression of roots in their foramina. This is due to the presence of edema inbetween. The cortisone and steroids you're being treated with is to relief this compression and render the roots free by decreasing edema.

So the problem is in the ROOTS themselves which are compressed.
If the lesion is in the main nerves (radial, medial or ulnar), the pain will be felt distally only (i.e. in the hand).

Hope this helps,

palmer · Member

are these cortisone based injection likely to make us fat? i have seen people literally bloating in size after having done cortisone injections

Dr Haisook · Administrator

Actually, palmer, glucocorticoids (like cortisone) promote Fat breakdown so they might cause weight loss.

EDIT: you're partially right, palmer. While glucocorticoids initially break fat down, there is a process of fat redistribution that occurs on chronic consumption of the drug. Fat accumulates in the face (moon face), back of neck (buffalo hump), and belly. It's called then Cushing syndrome.

-- Edited by Dr Haisook at 00:47, 2006-08-06