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Are there risks involved with spinal steroid injections for neck pain?

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Are there risks involved with spinal steroid injections for neck pain?

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Spine injections with steroids can be helpful for a number of conditions, such as severe arthritis or spinal stenosis, which is the narrowing of the space where the spinal cord resides. This treatment is often offered when other, less invasive treatments do not work. Less invasive treatments can include using pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. Although it’s difficult to predict who will benefit from steroid injections in the spine, they can be quite helpful. As with any treatment, spinal injections of steroids do come with some risks. These include: • Discomfort or numbness during the injection • Headache or nausea • Infection • Bleeding along the path of the needle • Nerve damage Doctors who perform these injections usually use an x-ray (such as fluoroscopy) to confirm the proper location of the needle before the injection. And keeping the injection site free of bacteria is routine to help avoid infections. Fortunately, serious complications or side effects, such as infection

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