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What Causes Tingling Sensation In Left Arm And Stabbing Pain In Shoulder Blade?

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Question : My left arm is tingling and I have a shooting pain in my shoulder blade (like a knife. I have type 2 diabeties and Parkinson's What can I do to stop the shooting\stabbing pain? . Pain starts nape of the neck to the shoulder blade into the upper arm ending with tingling fingers.
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (28 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
It can be due to cervical spondylitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case and I think that you are having cervical spondylitis. In this condition there is nerve compression in neck with rediculopathy in hand. For pain you need to follow these steps.
1.Intermittent cervical traction is most helpful. You can arrange that home or visit a physiotherapy centre for this. You need to take traction for at least three weeks.
2.Avoid using very high pillow or keeping neck in same position for long time. You can use soft cervical collar.
3.Tablet Pregabalin M one daily at night time.
4.If pain is not controlled with above measures you can take Medrol tablet for one week.
MRI is needed in severe cases resistant to all above measures.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
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What Causes Tingling Sensation In Left Arm And Stabbing Pain In Shoulder Blade?

Brief Answer: It can be due to cervical spondylitis Detailed Answer: Hello, I have studied your case and I think that you are having cervical spondylitis. In this condition there is nerve compression in neck with rediculopathy in hand. For pain you need to follow these steps. 1.Intermittent cervical traction is most helpful. You can arrange that home or visit a physiotherapy centre for this. You need to take traction for at least three weeks. 2.Avoid using very high pillow or keeping neck in same position for long time. You can use soft cervical collar. 3.Tablet Pregabalin M one daily at night time. 4.If pain is not controlled with above measures you can take Medrol tablet for one week. MRI is needed in severe cases resistant to all above measures. I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.