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Arm pain and heart - what could this be?
For a couple of months now my brother has been having random attacks of heart palpitations along with pains/pokes/pins and needles in his left shoulder, arm and armpit area. This has not been happening during any exercising or extreme activities. Happens randomly when driving or resting. Last case lasted almost 4 hours and heart was at 138 BPM. Has seen doctors and went to hospital, EKG came back normal, chest x-ray did not indicate anything abnormal, and blood work was fine other than Vitamin D Deficiency. Could this be a neural issue or pinched nerve? He is only 29 years old, lives a healthy life. Please help, thank you!
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Hi and Welcome to Connect, My first thought is the need to maybe see a Cardiologist and have what is called a Holter Monitor Test. A Cardiologist will put this heart monitor on Him for a 48 hour period to try and see one of these episodes. He can when He feels one make a note of the time and the Doctor can look at that period on the monitor recording. I find that because the stomach and Heart is so close to each other I have confused palpitations with stomach problems. During the 10 years I delt with heart arrythmias which is similar to palpitations I would when I had one of the episodes check my pulse to determine if it was my heart or stomach. Please let me know if I can help with any questions. Hopefully it something as simple as a bit of Heart Burn, Thats why that name was invented I believe.
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1 ReactionSo I've been having pain in my neck down my right arm
If I had a heart problem would it be felt on the right side or only the left?
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1 ReactionIf this were a heart issue, you would be having much more serious symptoms and it would be on the left side.
What you’re describing sounds like a muscle strain or a pinched nerve.
I think you need to talk to your doctor or someone that works with your doctor. There are a number of things I could think of that might be causing the problem and you need someone who knows what they’re doing.
I had never heard of pain going down the left arm only it could be either arm as far as I am aware of.
You need to do some homework to figure this out and I wish you the very best
Years ago, I experienced severe pain in my left arm. As it turns out, I had ruptured a cervical disc in my neck and ended up having to have surgery to replace it. The pain from a ruptured disk is unbearable, so unless you are in extreme pain, it's unlikely to be caused by a ruptured disk, but you may well have HERNIATED one of the cervical disks and it is pressing (pinching) the nerve going to your right arm. A doctor should be able to run a few tests (xray, mri, etc.) to determine if that is what is causing your pain. I hope this helps. Hope you get some answers soon.