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Old July 8th, 2007, 06:41 PM
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Yes generally they are firm and again the statistics are in her favor. It sounds like you will feel much better once it has been tested though.

The only reason I can think of injecting an antibiotic at the site is to address a possible infection. One note: any inflammation can lead to STS. There is thought that this would include other injections, trauma, bug bites, excess heat or cold, etc.... So additional injections are may help or could theoretically increase inflammation. You said a combo - were there steroids in there to reduce inflammation? Or more than one antibiotic?
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