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 | | From: | dt | | Subject: | My armpit hurts | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:35:03 -0500 |
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 | Here's something weird. I have an MD appointment in about three weeks
for this, but thought I'd throw it out here to see what people here
think.
About a year ago I got an ache in my left armpit (toward the front, just
barely under the arm) and left pectoral muscle, and up my left arm, and
a couple of the fingers on my left hand felt a little numb and tingly.
So I basically freaked out and went to the ER, thinking that it might be
a heart thing (left side of chest + pain = cardiac issue), where they
ran some tests and then basically told me they couldn't find any
trouble. So I went home, took Advil for a week, and eventually the
aches went away.
This same condition comes back every 2-8 weeks, and seems to last for 1-
2 weeks at a time. Advil eases the aches for 3-6 hours, after which
they return. Sometimes resting my arm helps, and sometimes resting it
makes it worse. This has been going on for almost a full year now.
What do you suppose this is? Carpel tunnel? Bad posture (I lean on
this arm a lot)? Lack of exercise (I sit at a computer all day and half
the night)?
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