I Had A Cortison Shot In My Should For Pain

Posted on Fri, 6 Sep 2019

Question: I had a Cortison shot in my should for pain I was having. By the following day my entire body was broken out into pain large hives and they have left bruising marks all over. I have never had that shot before. Never had hives before

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (0 minute later)

Brief Answer:
Sometimes cortisone shot bruising of the skin

Detailed Answer:
Hi. Sometimes cortisone shot bruising of the skin as it may degenerate the collagen tissues of the body and make the skin thinner. So it helps in visualizing the blood vessels lying below the skin. So it's better to avoid long-term steroid and try for other options.

Cortisone also causes increased motility of the gastrointestinal tract, maybe due to its hyperglycaemic effect. This increased sugar level will cause a laxative effect. So better to drink more fluids so that it will decrease the sugar concentration in the blood.

Please review if you have any queries.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (2 minutes later)

Another thing. On the same day I had the cortisone shot I ate a bag of sugar free gummie bears. Had an intense laxative effect and I had diarreah all day. Thought that was important to note.

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (41 minutes later)

I don't think I was clear. I have never had hives before. The only 2 things that were different for me before the outbreak of the hives was: I had a cortisone shot in my shoulder rotator cuff to reduce some pain. That same day I ate an entire bag of sugar free gummie bears (the package said it contained Malitol which in large consumption could have a laxitive effect. Which it did. The large painful hives showed up the day after these 2 occurrences and are still coming. The hives that have subsided have left purple bruising all over my skin. My ? is could the cortisone shot have caused the outbreak of hives which I have never had before? or could it have been the Malitol consumption? You are saying a coritsone shot could be responsible for the buising I am having but we have not addressed the hives

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (0 minute later)

Which is my real concern.

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (0 minute later)

I am currently on predisone and zyrtec which is helping but still getting hives.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Hii. Cortisone can cause as discussed earlier. If you think it's cortisone

Detailed Answer:
Hii. Cortisone can cause as discussed earlier. If you think it's cortisone then some allergic reaction is taking for what you are consuming. Hii. Cortisone can cause as discussed earlier. If you think it's cortisone then some allergic reaction is taking for what you are consuming.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng