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What Do Pain And Swelling In The Left Shoulder Indicate?
Hi, my name isn t Jo. I m concerned with the pain and swelling in my left shoulder and same pin in led tn and. Today I was unable to make a fist with my left hand. A week or so ago I had similar pain in the shoulder and it gets to the point where it causes me not to be able to put a blouse in without lifting my arm with the right arm. Can you please give me a idea of what may be causing this
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* As per my clinical experience, there can be acute muscle or tendon spasm with inflammation giving pain and swelling.
* Primary relief with heating pad application, analgesic with anti inflammatory actions, local analgesic spray or ointment till you meet the doc for further line of action with x-ray or MRI.
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What Do Pain And Swelling In The Left Shoulder Indicate?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. * As per my clinical experience, there can be acute muscle or tendon spasm with inflammation giving pain and swelling. * Primary relief with heating pad application, analgesic with anti inflammatory actions, local analgesic spray or ointment till you meet the doc for further line of action with x-ray or MRI. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.