Steroids are often given for severe inflammatory pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Steroids are often given for severe inflammatory pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis. For acute surgical pain, however, these drugs are rarely used, even though inflammation is probably the major cause of postoperative pain.

In your initial post, explain the rationale for the contrasting approaches while incorporating factors in protective response and bodily repair, causes of inflammation, vascular changes that may occur with inflammation, cellular stage of inflammation, and factors regulating the healing process