Brief Answer:
Not appropriate 1st line treatment

Detailed Answer:
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Numbness in the fingers can be from a number of causes...none of which would be expected to respond to cortisone injections. Cortisone injections are expected to give relief in situations where there may be unbearable pain in a joint that has failed to respond to standard therapies or an inflammatory process such as an autoimmune disease causing symptoms of numbness, tingling, or other dysfunction.

However, in the absence of any of that...if your fingers are numb then, one must search for a cause. For example, is the first suffering from a metabolic problems such as diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, hypo or hyperthyroidism, or could it be a nutritional deficiency such as B12, folate, Vit. D in the diet causing the symptoms?

Another possibility would be that of a compressed nerve in the neck or perhaps further downstream in the wrist? For that a physical examination and perhaps an imaging study of the neck would be indicated such as CT or MRI.

Also, an overlooked cause of numbness/tingling or other funny symptoms that can occur in the hands or feet would be side effects from medications (as well as homeopathic or alternative types of formulations) so there would have to be a history check for that as a possibility.

My recommendation is that if this is a new symptom which has never been worked up to this point that you seek out a neurologist. They will have a very good idea of what tests need to be performed and what sort of examination should be done in order to get to the bottom of what is causing your symptoms. Then, and only then, should a plan or intervention be formulated and I almost guarantee that cortisone shots will not be part of the list of possibilities at this stage of the game.

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