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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Pain Under The Shoulder Blade
Question: yes, I have a chronic pain behind my right shoulder blade
Brief Answer:
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, i would explain that it is important performing a comprehensive differential diagnosis between different causes that may lead to this clinical scenario:
- Musculo-skeletal pain. Is your pain triggered by body movements? This would be indicative of musculo-skeletal pain. I would recommend performing a chest X ray study, a shoulder joint X ray study and inflammation tests (complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate).
- Myocardial ischemia. Your pain is not typical of myocardial ischemia, but considering your past medical history, I would recommend performing a resting ECG and cardiac stress test to exclude this disorder.
- Radicular pain related to nerve compression or backbone disorder. I would recommend performing a cervical spine X ray study and a nerve conduction study to exclude this possibility.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.
Meanwhile, I recommend taking tylenol or ibuprofen for the pain.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, i would explain that it is important performing a comprehensive differential diagnosis between different causes that may lead to this clinical scenario:
- Musculo-skeletal pain. Is your pain triggered by body movements? This would be indicative of musculo-skeletal pain. I would recommend performing a chest X ray study, a shoulder joint X ray study and inflammation tests (complete blood count, PCR, sedimentation rate).
- Myocardial ischemia. Your pain is not typical of myocardial ischemia, but considering your past medical history, I would recommend performing a resting ECG and cardiac stress test to exclude this disorder.
- Radicular pain related to nerve compression or backbone disorder. I would recommend performing a cervical spine X ray study and a nerve conduction study to exclude this possibility.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above tests.
Meanwhile, I recommend taking tylenol or ibuprofen for the pain.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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