A misdiagnosed ganglion cyst treated with corticosteroids can become an abscess. — Whalespan
A misdiagnosed ganglion cyst treated with corticosteroids can become an abscess.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“because they injected it with a corticosteroid it turned into an abscess in the back of your knee is a fairly serious problem so for the following month i had recurrent infections in the back of my knee requiring multiple courses of iv antibiotics”