What Causes Radiating Pain In-between The Shoulder Blades?

Posted on Tue, 19 Sep 2017

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Question : My left shoulder is numb radiating to my elbow, feel light headed,sick to my stomach and have a pain in between shoulder blades. I do have high cholesterol My vitals are good. This has been going on off and on for several days. I do have an appointment with a cardiologist next week for stress test but becoming concerned with the frequent of symptoms

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (45 minutes later)

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Detailed Answer:
Hello Ma'am

After going through the medical details provided by you i would like to tell you that taking into consideration various factors like your age, cholesterol and the type of symptoms which you are experiencing points towards the possibility of having a cardiac issue which needs to be evaluated.

You can safely wait till your appointment and till that time just be a little cautious like dont over exert yourself, do not over eat and most importantly do not take stress as stress will even worse the situation more.

And by chance at any point of time you feel like dizzy with chest discomfort or shortness of breath with sweating immediately rush to an ER.

I hope this information will be helpful and guide you properly.

kIND Regards
Dr Bhanu Partap

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