Florida Surgery Consultants know Epidural injection Process

Florida Surgery Consultants in Bradenton FL, has a full staff ready to service in any way we can help. We want our patients to feel comfortable asking questions, for information about results, or if they need help scheduling appointments, we can do it all. Our doctors/surgeons are   adequately trained to perform an epidural injection to any patient for any medical reason they may need. It is in our best interests to please all patients and make the process easy and painless for them so they can be on their way and back to daily activities.

Here at Florida Surgery Consultants, we take pride in knowing our patients are well taken care of and will return in the future for any further procedures that should come their way.

Epidural Injection

Florida Surgery Consultants epidural steroid injection process is a cortisone injection used to treat inflammation around the spine. Epidural injections have been used for both pre-surgical planning and post-surgical treatment. In these situations, your doctor will let you know what levels of steroids are being injected and to which parts of your spine before surgery to make sure the problem area is covered. Epidural injection is an easier way for doctors to treat a patient who is in pain without prescribing them medication to take home, if the steroid injection works the first time. The procedure of epidural injection is nothing to worry about, however, the effects afterwards could be a downer. Everyone reacts differently, and it is important to know your body and share that information with the doctor.

Side Effects to Consider

Although it does not always occur, there are some side effects to Epidural Injection because of the steroids that are getting put into your spine:

Headaches, facial flushing, sleeplessness, chance of fever the night/day of injection, high blood sugar, stomach ulcers, inability to use the bathroom, and anxiety.

These side effects can occur at different times, all at once, or not at all. Everyone is different and it just depends on how your body reacts to the steroids after an epidural injection. It is important to let your doctor know ahead of time how you are feeling, if you have allergies and how you feel afterwards as well, because these can occur at any time and it is crucial to treat them right away. Losing function of body parts, bowel movements or getting severe headaches are major signs of your body reacting to the steroids.

This is when you need to reach out to your doctor or visit our office right away to make sure nothing further needs to be done. The recovery time however, is within a few hours of having the injection done in most cases. If there are no complications, the patient should be feeling back to normal in no time.

Contact Us

If you know you have a procedure coming up that requires a steroid epidural injection, call Florida Surgery Consultants in Bradenton FL, today 1 (888) 411-6824 to schedule an appointment.