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Blurry Vision After Taking Cortisone Shot For Pain In Arm. Side Effects?

Yes thank you, I got a cortisone shot in my right forearm 3 months ago for severe pain there & in bicep whenever I lifted anything, even just a mug of coffee. I ve been noticing blurry vision since & just figured it s time for a vision checkup since it s been a couple years & maybe my vision is changing. Upon googling blurry vision I ve seen mention of blurry vision as a possible side effect of cortisone shots. Last pm while watching TV, I covered each eye & discovered it s only in my right eye. The pain in my arm got bad again this week & yesterday in picking something up, pain was severe in elbow & arm is aching. I was thinking of getting another cortisone shot, since my husband was told they typically last about 3 months, but now I m afraid to after readin all the blogs about other s side effects & now especially the vision issue. Please advise. Thanks.
posted on Tue, 5 Mar 2013
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Dear Alice, I believe cortisone or the glucocorticoid is given in your rt fore arm due to some inflammatory cause in the joint.Any steroid you take whether oral ,injectable or by drops has side effects. cortisone also has side effects like hyperglycemia, osteoporosis,anxiety , depression, DM, cataract and glaucoma.I suggest you to visist an ophthalmologist who can do a complete evaluation of your eye and rule out glaucoma and cataract as you are in steroid therapy.Both can be treated so don't worry.... Tc ...Dr ajay shankar kar
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Blurry Vision After Taking Cortisone Shot For Pain In Arm. Side Effects?

Dear Alice, I believe cortisone or the glucocorticoid is given in your rt fore arm due to some inflammatory cause in the joint.Any steroid you take whether oral ,injectable or by drops has side effects. cortisone also has side effects like hyperglycemia, osteoporosis,anxiety , depression, DM, cataract and glaucoma.I suggest you to visist an ophthalmologist who can do a complete evaluation of your eye and rule out glaucoma and cataract as you are in steroid therapy.Both can be treated so don t worry.... Tc ...Dr ajay shankar kar