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What Causes Pain In Chest Radiating To Arm?
My brother haemoglobin is low having to take injections. Had heart valve replacement 3 years ago, on warfarin. Doctor cannot find anything wrong with sharp electric pain in chest and radiating down arm. I t happens every now and again, pain is intense when it happens
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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It is possible the pain may be due to nerve related causes, neuralgia.
Causes of neuralgia are: (1) vitamin b12 or folate deficiency
(2)diabetes
(3)liver or kidney disease
(4)exposure to toxins
(5)neurological diseases such as ms, stroke
(6)infections
(7)idiopathic- cause not known
He should have blood tests (vitamin levels, screening for diabetes, liver or kidney disease) to see if any of these may be contributing to his pain
I hope this helps
It is possible the pain may be due to nerve related causes, neuralgia.
Causes of neuralgia are: (1) vitamin b12 or folate deficiency
(2)diabetes
(3)liver or kidney disease
(4)exposure to toxins
(5)neurological diseases such as ms, stroke
(6)infections
(7)idiopathic- cause not known
He should have blood tests (vitamin levels, screening for diabetes, liver or kidney disease) to see if any of these may be contributing to his pain
I hope this helps
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