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Can Steroid Injections Cause me to Gain Weight?
One of the main stigmata regarding steroids is that they make people “fat”, which is not correct. Steroids can indeed cause the accumulation of water in the body, which is a side effect for their abuse, but doctors now prescribe them in smaller doses and over shorter periods. In addition, steroids injected in trigger finger do not go into the blood but only into the tendon sheath in which they are injected, and the risk of any systemic side effects is nonexistent. You can even receive steroid injections if you are immunocompromised as long as your doctor follows strict aseptic techniques.
