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What is a cortisone shot?

An injection of cortisone or an injection of cortisone is given to patients to relieve pain caused mainly by inflammation of joints. The ankles, hips, shoulders, elbows, knees, wrists and joints of the spine are the most common areas in the body where patients receive injections of cortisone. Apart from the common seals, cortisone injections can rarely be given to small joints of the feet and hands.

Injection of anti-inflammatory in the joint is commonly called a cortisone injection, usually consisting of a mixture of corticosteroid and local anesthetic. In some rare cases of various types of drugs can be added to the mixture. Local anesthesia is working to relieve pain in the short term, while corticosteroids reduced the inflammation provide pain relief longer term. Often, it is your doctor who will give you a cortisone injection in his office.

Some side effects and rare complications that can arise from injections of cortisone

• Osteonecrosis - occurs when a bone dies near the injection of cortisone
• mixed infection
• Damage to nerves around the injection site
• The skin is thin near the injection site
• The pain may worsen due to a temporary inflammation that could last as long as 48 hours
• May affect tendons near the site of injection by the weakening or even breaking them
• Can lead to osteoporosis in the bones near the site of injection
• pigmentation of the skin may become lighter near the injection

One of the questions most frequently asked questions are how many times can you receive a cortisone shot? One of the biggest issues discussed what the limits should be put on injections of cortisone. The concerns were raised by repeated exposure cortisone injection which is suspected of other damage and deterioration of the cartilage. This is the main concern of many doctors and why cortisone injections are generally administered to a patient once every three months by municipality. In rare cases of more severe forms of Arthritis can bend this rule and that these patients receive a cortisone shot once a month.

Another common question often asked is, how are painful cortisone shots? The pain associated with an injection of cortisone is dependent on the mixture of medicinal ingredients. If you are having injections rarest of the small joints of the hands or feet, then you're likely to feel the pain goes much more. larger joints in your body as the knee or shoulder does not trigger slight amounts of pain, whereas injections in other joints throughout your body will produce moderate amounts of pain.

How to get a cortisone injection

It is common to feel some pain and stiffness in the site of injection after an injection of cortisone. It is preferable that you continue with your daily routine that it is normal and it will just take some time for you to start feeling better.

Here are some activities, your doctor may ask you to do in the first days after the injection of cortisone:

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