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Would Steroids Causes Any Side Effects Like Itchy Nose And Face?

my daughter went to the dr today for a cold/upper respiatory infection and they gave her a steriod shot and for the last several hours she has been sneezing, nose is about to itch off her face, eyes are red and itchy. would that shot cause this kind of reaction?

posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,welcome to healthcaremagic forum.
All the said symptoms can well be a part of the upper respiratory tract itself.They can be well manged with antihistaminics like Levocetirezine.steroid usually will not cause such symptoms.
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Would Steroids Causes Any Side Effects Like Itchy Nose And Face?

Hi,welcome to healthcaremagic forum. All the said symptoms can well be a part of the upper respiratory tract itself.They can be well manged with antihistaminics like Levocetirezine.steroid usually will not cause such symptoms. Thank you.