My mother has a de'quervains tenosynovitis. And she was a diabetic patients presently she is in normal of sugar level. Is steroid injection will be infectious for her? Or now she can take steroid injection? Our md said she can but orthopedic doctor said she can't there is still chance to get infected.

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