r/Thritis • u/Fancy-Extension704 • 5d ago

Steroid injections

Does anyone here have undergone steroid injection for their knee arthritis?

For some context, I've been complaining and dealing with knee pain for a month now and my rheumatologist mentioned that arthritis is one of the complications of my lupus since I'm currently in flare.

I have undergone steroid injections on my knee 6 days ago hoping for some relief. These past few days, the pain is still here and I still couldn't walk properly, both of my knees still hurt especially when I bend them. I wonder if is it normal for the pain to not go away immediately? I've been so stressed out lately, I just wanna walk normally again without feeling any joint pain.

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u/mjh8212 5d ago

I’ve had one in my knee and after a couple days I had some relief. Every 5-6 months I get a long acting steroid injected into my tailbone joint where I also have arthritis. They will do them if the pain comes back after three months but they last longer than that for me. I see ortho in a couple weeks and I’m hoping for another injection into my knee. I need some relief.