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What Causes Severe Pain In Arm, Cracking Shoulders With Difficulty Breathing?

I am experiencing severe pain in my right arm--my shoulder cracks and pops but the pain I have now is I can not even lift my arm I have to use my left hand to lift my right arm to reach into the cabinets to get a glass! It feels like someone is inside my arm just squeezing it ... it hurts so much it is throbbing pain. I also noticed the past 2 days I can t breath when I lay down it so scary I can t even breath through my mouth! I am under tremendous stress taking care of my 83 yr old mother who lives with me who just had her 3rd stroke..my daughter is getting married on Saturday..my son is having trouble right now he just came home from inpatient rehab(drugs) and the list goes on.. any advice??
Mon, 22 Feb 2016
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement,  's  Response
You have severe shoulder pain. That is your main problem. From the complaints you have written in details beautifully, I understand it is either Rotator cuff arthropathy or Osteoarthritis of shoulder. Treatment will depend upon diagnosis. You need shoulder x Rays. True AP view and Axial view.
After having a look at x Rays, I can tell what's wrong with you and treatment for that.
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What Causes Severe Pain In Arm, Cracking Shoulders With Difficulty Breathing?

You have severe shoulder pain. That is your main problem. From the complaints you have written in details beautifully, I understand it is either Rotator cuff arthropathy or Osteoarthritis of shoulder. Treatment will depend upon diagnosis. You need shoulder x Rays. True AP view and Axial view. After having a look at x Rays, I can tell what s wrong with you and treatment for that.