 [ Symptoms ] recovering from cold left cheek is swollen and sore in front of ear and down around the back side of jaw at joint should i seek medical assistance or wait a few days to see if gets better [ Disease ] the ongoing meningitis outbreak is scary and people are very confused about its cause the current fungal meningitis outbreak is related to contaminated vials of an injectable steroid preparation called methylprednisolone acetate which is used to treat spinal pain that means the people currently affected by fungal meningitis are those who received injections from a tainted vial of steroid preparation note the investigation into this situation is ongoing and more medications may have been implicated by the time you read this  in addition to date all of the contaminated product has been linked to a single compounding pharmacy called new england compounding center necc all products made by necc are currently under recall by the food and drug administration methylprednisolone oral tablets also are a steroid compound these tablets are used to treat arthritis and severe allergic reactions among other things to date methylprednisolone tablets have not been linked to any cases of fungal meningitis as long as your tablets did not come from necc which is probably the case most methylprednisolone tablets are mass produced in factories you should be safe if you have any concerns about this contact your pharmacist or the prescribing physician i hope you find this information useful