I'm not sure what exactly happened to you after this procedure to cause chest pain that travelled down to your stomach.
Spinal cord injury is the biggest risk with these injections as a result of direct trauma to the cord by either contact with the needle, direct injection into the cord, or a combination of both.
It doesn't sound like you experienced this.
However, infrequenly there are risks associated with needle placement or with the injection of the steroid substance itself including the local anesthetic and steroid suspension.
One can get infection, bleeding, nerve injury, transient numbness or weakness, paralysis, and yes some kind of reaction to the steroid/steroid suspension itself, although this is indeed very rare.
It IS possible that you had a hypersensitivity reaction to this agent, which no one could have forseen.
Hard to prove though.
Wish I knew more and could help you more...but I'm glad to hear the pain is subsiding and I'm sure the tightness in your chest will resolve soon.
Almost everything I read about cervical epidurals, even when there is true spinal cord injury, any adverse reactions are almost ALWAYS temporary.
zuzu xxx
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