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Prescribed Steroid Injection For Os Trigonum And Knocked Knees. Is There Any Side Effects?
my daughter is 11 years old with an os trigonum they have told me the extra bone has formed ridges below and are reluctant to remove it and has recommended a steroid injection, she also has knocked knees and i have asked for 8 plates to be put in, will this help with her foot and take pressure off it and is their any side effects from the injection and is there any other solutions we can try? She is a very active young girl and very sporty with a high achievement level.
Sat, 14 Dec 2013
yes streiod can lot of side effects like gastritis diabetes mellitus catract increase the blood pressure suppress the immunity leading to infection causes decrese in the calcium leading to fracture common
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