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What Causes Swollen And Painful Stretch Marks After Taking Cortisone Injection?
Have a cyst on L5 .. Am 70 yr old female ... Have recently had several nerve root blocks so I think this means cortisone etc. now my stretch marks on lower abdomen are swollen and painful. Could this be a result of these procedures? Oops didn t know there was a cost. Pls cancel!!
Thu, 18 Feb 2016
as your age is 70, taking steroid ie corticosone it is side effectof it and along with it decreased immunity ,causes infectoin
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