Suggest Treatment For The Pain In The Shoulders

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 2016

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Mon, 25 Jul 2016 Answered on

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Question : I'm having an achiness in my left shoulder (near the armpit) that seems to spread across to about 1/4 of my chest. I think it's tension and muscle strai (I have had a lot of stress last week), but I need to know if it could be something dangerous.

Answered by Dr. Lilit Baghdasaryan (23 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Should do some maneuvers to find out if a cardiac pain or not

Detailed Answer:
Dear Mrs,

Pay attention if the pain gets worse with movements, posture change or by pressing on aching areas, then most probably it is a muscle pain.
Cardiac pain usually is unchanged with all this maneuvers and doesn't get better with any pain killer.

Take care

Come back if you have any further questions

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