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Can Radiating Pain In The Left Arm And Shoulders Symptoms For Heart Diseases?
Hi, I'm KC, A few day's ago I went to the ER with back, shoulder, and pain radiating down my left arm. The Er keep me over night for observation, I had blood work down ecg/ekg,and a stress echo test down. I was giving a nitro patch for pain. weverthing came back normal. I am a female 51 wit high colesteral, menapause, smoker, family history with heart disease and heart attacks. 15 pounds over weight. Yesterday and more today I'm still having tingling pain down my left arm. just wondering what I sound do.
Fri, 2 May 2014
Hii.. looking at your medical history, your are having higher chances of the heart diseases. These symptoms that you are telling are present around 60-65% of heart attack patients.
You need to thoroughly evaluation by cardiologist and start doing regular exercises, smoking cessation, and medications for high cholesterol.
Regards,
Vivek Goyal
You need to thoroughly evaluation by cardiologist and start doing regular exercises, smoking cessation, and medications for high cholesterol.
Regards,
Vivek Goyal
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