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What Causes Prickling At The Back And Nipple Having Inserted 4 Stents In The Heart?

Hello. I had four stents put in my heart on 10/2009, and have had no trouble whatsoever since. Ten days ago I thought that I d been bitten by a mosquito just by my shoulder blade as an itch started. This feels like a wire from a stent has come adrift somewhere. This only happens when I m standing but not when I m either sitting down or in bed, and there is no support on my back. Seems like a small prick under my left nipple and at the same time as a prick on my back. I am 76, male, haven t smoked for forty years and blood pressures are usually around 130/70. Cheers. Tom O Farrell
Tue, 2 Jun 2015
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Hello Tom! Thank you for asking on HCM! First of all, I would like to assure you that your pricking complains has nothing to do with your stents, Stents, or even their components can't come adrift somewhere. Your pain is so atypical for explaining a possible ischemic myocardial disorder (it is a sharping, positional, migrating and well defined dicsomfort).
So, to conclude it seems t obe an extracardiac pain. I recommed to consult wit hyour doctor (GP or internist) for a comprehensive physical exam, a resting ECG, chest X ray stydy, and if suspisions are raised, a cardiac ultrasound to rule our any possible pericardial effusions.

Hope to have been helpful. Greetings! Dr. Iliri
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What Causes Prickling At The Back And Nipple Having Inserted 4 Stents In The Heart?

Hello Tom! Thank you for asking on HCM! First of all, I would like to assure you that your pricking complains has nothing to do with your stents, Stents, or even their components can t come adrift somewhere. Your pain is so atypical for explaining a possible ischemic myocardial disorder (it is a sharping, positional, migrating and well defined dicsomfort). So, to conclude it seems t obe an extracardiac pain. I recommed to consult wit hyour doctor (GP or internist) for a comprehensive physical exam, a resting ECG, chest X ray stydy, and if suspisions are raised, a cardiac ultrasound to rule our any possible pericardial effusions. Hope to have been helpful. Greetings! Dr. Iliri