Comment by gambiting

Well, yeah, steroids are incredible, shame they have such severe side effects. Following a parvovirus B19 infection I developed severe joint problems(basically got advanced arthritis at the age of 28, how fun), and all it took to sort out was one steroid injection. I won't lie, for the next few days after the injection I felt like a superhuman, all the issues went away and in general I felt super great. Obviously that's not something you can continue doing because the side effects get really bad after a while, my doctor warned me that if the issues come back I probably won't be able to get another injection because the risk is too great, but for a one-off thing it was like a miracle cure.