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What Causes Arm Pain Along With Numbness After Inserting Catheter On The Arm?

Hi.My wife had a picc line inserted about 5 weeks ago and they had to withdraw it due to severe shooting pains up her arm So she had a central line catheter put in instead so she could have chemo.About 3 days later her arm went numb and now she is unable to move it and has severe pain .Is this nerve damage and will it get better? Thanks.
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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