Is it dangerous to get a closed shot for a herniated disc in the lumbar spine?

Lumbar disc herniation patients with closed injections may be harmful, such as nerve damage, muscle adhesion, elevated blood glucose and so on.
Patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation undergoing closed treatment, usually choose drugs such as tretinoin and lidocaine to be injected at the point of pain, which has a good clinical effect, and can significantly reduce their pain response and relieve nerve root edema, and usually has a better pain-relieving effect and faster onset of action.
Closed treatment should be strictly in accordance with the requirements of the standardized injection, but invasive operation will also have a certain degree of harm, such as operation errors can cause nerve damage, long time or large dose injection, easy to cause increased blood sugar, obesity, etc., and in severe cases will cause electrolyte disorders.
Part of the closed treatment injection if the puncture is not standardized, but also prone to muscle adhesion, serious cases may hurt the surrounding tissues, resulting in tissue edema, redness, swelling and pain, and other local infections.
Lumbar disc herniation patients need to play closed injection should be standardized treatment under the guidance of a professional physician, not arbitrary operation, so as not to aggravate the discomfort. Regular observation should be made after the treatment, and once there is any discomfort you should consult a doctor in time to avoid causing adverse effects.