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What Causes Pain In The Collarbone, Shoulder And Back?

Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2016

Question: Hi Doctor,
Got a mail from this site.
I am doing not very good . Having some pain in collarbone area , shoulder and back. Very mild but having pain at rest also. Checked theblymph nodes bu self but didnot find any swelling
I am having the acidity medicines. One or two days i have some breathing issues but that also not very severe just mild.
Chest blockage has gone quite a bit but sometimes having some mild pain but that is not frequent
No cough frequently but one day back coughed yello dark sputum as well
Still having acidity as well.
Stull worried . Please suggest

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Is chest pain worsening with coughing?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your direct query on HCM.
I can understand your concern.
Sorry to hear about your symptoms.
I need to ask few more questions regarding your symptoms.
So please let me know
1. Is your pain worsening with coughing?
2. Do you feel warm over painful area?
Please reply me answers of above asked questions, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Brief Answer:
Is this pain relieved by ibuprofen?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Possibility of musculoskeletal pain is more.
No need to worry for lung diseases.
Please let me know
1. Is this pain relieved by ibuprofen?
Please reply me answer of above asked question, so that I can guide you better. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (12 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

No it is not wosenignwith couging .. I am having very very few time coughing

Pain is felt when I am strecthing my arms .. In the arm pit .. In collar bone area ... For collar bone are it is felt when i am at rest as well

No warm feeling is there as well .. No swelling also observed

Its more like feeling of nerve pain .. It radiates from armpit .. Collarbone area .. Chest as well

Have acidity as well

Please suggest

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Ofcourse I know you.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Of course I know you and your history.
Acidity can cause left sided similar pain.
So please let me know
1. Do you feel more on left side or is it equally on both sides?
2. Are you having stressful life at present?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (4 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

Hope you remember me .. I am in touch with you for some time now ..

I had ibuprufen for 2 days and it reducded some of pain .. But stopped after that ..

I have not experieced this type of muscle pain before ..

Can it be cause of acids? Didnot experience before ..

Please suggest

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry much for this pain.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Possibility of musculoskeletal pain is more because
1. It is not constant pain. It is more while stretching.
2. Your chest x ray is clear
3. Acidity can not cause bilateral pain.
No need to take ibuprofen regularly.
Are you doing other things like warm water pad application, ice packs, avoiding bad postures in sleep, heavyweight lifting and strenuous exercise and movements causing pain?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (3 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

I have both sided pain .. Right sided armpit pain when stretching is more .. But collarbone area have more or less equal pain ..

Not like stressful life but ofcourse worried about my health ..

If it relievs by ibuprufen will incontinue that .. But onething the pain is not constant .. Right now no pain but sometime it pains

Please suggest

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Is your breathlessness on exertion?

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Do you have breathlessness on exertion or at rest or after eating food?
And you should definitely apply ice packs and warm water pad alternately. This will definitely help you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (4 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

Thanks

Inam not doing any warm or ice packs .. Notnsure of sleep postures but not doing any strenous exercises ..

Some pain in glands around throat area also there sometime ..

Yeah its not constant .. Armpit pain also felt when stretching

Do i need to worry about breathing difficulty sometimes inam having .. Is it more for acid?

Anything i need to do for these pains to go off? Shoulder neck pain was also not condtant like back pain.

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry for breathlessness.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
No need to worry for breathlessness.
There are many lymphnode areas in body.
Which area are you talking about?
Arm pits or neck?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (5 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

Breathlessness is not at rest .. It is at exersion only but before i have never felt and not complete breathlessness but feeling difficulty .. Sometime felt when i woke up at morning from sleep..

Is there any problem in our lymphnodes cause i am getting pain in lymphnode areas..

Please suggest

Hi Doctor,

So is there any cause of this breathlessness for me?

Armpit , neck , collarbone area etc. all of these i am talking about?

Please suggest what medictaion or anything i need to do get rid of these problems

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (5 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You might be having bronchitis.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
I am not 100% sure but you might be having bronchitis.
Bronchitis can cause vague chest pain, breathlessness on exertion.
So please let me know
1. When you done your chest x ray, did you consulted doctor at that time?
2. If yes, did he auscultate your chest?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Drkaushal85 (10 minutes later)

Hi Doctor,

Yes doc only said that chest xray is normal and nothing is there .. I dont know what donyou mean by auscultatation.

He checked by lung withbstethoscope and said nothing isnthere .. He has done ecg as well and nothing found..

Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This is great. No need to worry at all.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your follow up question on Healthcare Magic.
I can understand your concern.
This is great.
Auscultation means hearing chest (lungs) through stethoscope.
So you are having everything normal, normal chest x ray, normal lung sounds, normal ecg.
So no need to worry for major illness.
No need to worry for bronchitis.
So be relax and calm, avoid stress and tension.
Forget about all these symptoms. Don't give much attention towards these symptoms.
Apply warm water pad and ice packs alternately on painful areas.
Take ibuprofen only if required.
Drink plenty of fluids orally and keep yourself hydrated. Do warm water gargles 5-6 times a day.
Don't worry, you will be alright.
Hope I have solved your query. Do you want to ask anything else? I am always there for you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar