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Suggest Treatment For Facial Swelling

In Oct and Nov I had 5 epidural shots each week for back pain. Then my face started swelling to be the size of a football. I went to an ENT and he put me on 2- 500 mg Tetracycline pills a day. It has gone down considerably but my checks are like hard rocks and not soft as usual.
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Hi,

Noted your history of taking 5 epidural shots and then developing facial edema, Doctor treated it with Tetracycline which helped a lot but hte cheeks are still hard rock.
This is classical presentation of overdose of steroids and thus you need the following:
Consult your Doctor again and get investigated for blood cortisol levels.
Do not take any steroids and avoid local steroid injection.
Further management as per the reports, although there is no specific treatment for such a problem.unless proved to be due to infection or so.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Facial Swelling

Hi, Noted your history of taking 5 epidural shots and then developing facial edema, Doctor treated it with Tetracycline which helped a lot but hte cheeks are still hard rock. This is classical presentation of overdose of steroids and thus you need the following: Consult your Doctor again and get investigated for blood cortisol levels. Do not take any steroids and avoid local steroid injection. Further management as per the reports, although there is no specific treatment for such a problem.unless proved to be due to infection or so. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT & General Surgeon