In other cases, doctors employ epidural steroid injections to manage chronic pain conditions like spinal stenosis, herniated ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

But steroid injections are an increasingly ... typically in an area called the epidural space, between the vertebrae and the protective covering of the spinal cord—can temporarily reduce ...

I never really had itching or an extensive rash, but intense pain and burning developed from the top of my neck down to ... He recommended an epidural steroid injection (ESI) that would help ...