Suggest Treatment For Red Peeling Skin On Calves After Cortisone Shot

Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2014

Question: from the bottom of my calves the skin is red, peeling and feeling tingling and like a band is around them. Started after have a cortisone shot in my right knee. I am 80 years old.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
It can be bursitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello madam, It can be a bursitis or post injection haematoma. But I would like to ask few more questions, before I advise you any treatment.
1. Since when you are having this problem?
2. I am not able to localize this ? Is it around ankle? can you take picture and upload it?
3. Are you having Diabetes?
Please answers these questions. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (8 hours later)

I had a cortisone shot in right knee and soon after, a few days, it felt as if I had a weakness in both legs, like being told of bad news. Best way I can explain. After that, it left me with this feeling of tingling and peeling at the bottom of both legs. This has all happened within this last month. It is not painful just very annoying. I do not have diabetes. It is very strange to say the least. I still have pain in the knee and am set to have injections starting next week of jell.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You may have Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I can assure you that your strange feeling in both calf is not related to injection. It is most probably due to vitamin B 12 deficiency. I would recommend you to get your serum B 12 and calcium level. If there is any deficiency then you should start taking calcium and Methylcobal regularly. This will solve your problem.
I hope this answer will help you. Let me know if you want to ask any other questions.
Thanks.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj