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Suggest Treatment For Sore Chest And Inflamed Ribs

For the past two weeks i been having pain on my left shoulder, arm, hand and last two fingers. accompanied with that i have a lot of chest pressure and feel like that when i take a deep breath i don t get the feeling that i am supposed to have. Recently, i had a throat infection, inflammation and a stomach thing ( I had diarrhea for 3 days).I had labs done a week and a half ago. Now, i just noticed that i have a red spot on left arm. I have other spots like that one, this one spot is new. I went to the doctor and he said i had my ribs inflammed. what do you think could be going on?
Fri, 20 Feb 2015
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
In my opinion, we should first rule out cardiac cause for his chest pain. Because left sided chest pain, arm pain and shoulder apin is seen commonly with heart problems.
So get done ECG first to rule out cardiac cause.
If ECG is normal then no need to worry much for cardiac cause.
Sore chest can be due to musculoskeletal pain.
So take good painkiller and muscle relaxant for pain relief.
Apply warm water pad on affected site. This will also give him symptomatic relief.
Don't worry, he will be alright.
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Suggest Treatment For Sore Chest And Inflamed Ribs

Thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your situation and problem. In my opinion, we should first rule out cardiac cause for his chest pain. Because left sided chest pain, arm pain and shoulder apin is seen commonly with heart problems. So get done ECG first to rule out cardiac cause. If ECG is normal then no need to worry much for cardiac cause. Sore chest can be due to musculoskeletal pain. So take good painkiller and muscle relaxant for pain relief. Apply warm water pad on affected site. This will also give him symptomatic relief. Don t worry, he will be alright.