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Epidural steroid injection
It will cure the disc bulge?
medication like (nervmax sr,altraday,etox mr...) not worked.
mri report said L4+L5 disk bulge.
neck also bilateral pressure,c3,c4 disk degeneartion.
is it good option to take that injection before trying surgery one doctor advised...
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Will need a detailed evaluation and look at reports. Many discs can be treated without operation
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Avoid the injection, it has a temporary effect.
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Consult online with reports.
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Try all non invasive ways of managing a prolapsed disc before opting for invasive ways of managing a disc bulge.
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Hello,
Yes, epidural steroid injection is one of the option, but before that full history and clinical examination is must. Red flags for surgery have to be ruled out.
I am a Pain Specialist in Bhopal, and regularly perform this procedure after excluding red flags.
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Dr. Ayush Sharma
Spine Surgeon
16 yrs exp
Patna
Epidural steroid can be one of the treatment for back pain. To know more about back pain it’s causes visit www.laserspine.in . In the Reserch section of the website you can read our published Reserch on “Outcome of single level disc prolapse treated with transforaminal steroid
versus epidural steroid versus caudal steroid “
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