Glossary Treatment
Corticosteroid injection
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Injection of a steroid medicine into or around an inflamed or thickened structure — a tendon sheath, a joint, or a raised scar — to reduce swelling and pain. Used for trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome, and to flatten hypertrophic scars and keloids.
Articles mentioning this term
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Finger osteoarthritis: Heberden and Bouchard nodes
Finger osteoarthritis: symptoms, diagnosis, signs of another cause, hand therapy, splints, medicines, steroid injections and when surgery may be discussed.
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Knuckle joint arthritis
Knuckle (MCP) joint pain and swelling: causes beyond osteoarthritis, tests, warning signs, non-surgical care and joint replacement.
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De Quervain's tenosynovitis
Pain on the thumb side of the wrist: how De Quervain's tenosynovitis is diagnosed, what splints and steroid injections do, and what surgery involves.
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Thumb-base arthritis
Thumb-base (CMC) arthritis: symptoms, splints, exercises, injections, and how trapeziectomy compares with joint replacement in recovery, strength and risk.
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Trigger finger
Why a finger catches or locks, who gets trigger finger, and how it is treated: splints, steroid injections and a small day-case operation.
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Scar revision and management
A plain-language guide to scar revision and management — why scars form, what non-surgical treatments and scar revision surgery can achieve, and what results are realistic. Written by a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.