Share to: 1  Infertility 101: Defining Luteinizing Hormones Scientists define a luteinizing hormone as the hormone that stimulates ovulation and related phenomena in the female reproductive system.
Cortisone shots are injections that may help relieve pain and inflammation in a specific area of your body. They're most commonly injected into joints â such as your ankle, elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, spine and wrist. Even the small joints in your hands and feet might benefit from cortisone shots.
Updated March 20, 2017. Allergy shots, or immunotherapy, are a series of injections that are given over many months to years and are not given as a single shot. What many refer to as a 3-month allergy shot,â on the other hand, represents a long-acting corticosteroid injection, such as triamcinolone (Kenalog). Many people swear by these long-acting steroid shots as a great way to get through their allergy season symptom-free.