Since five days ago I woke up with pain in my left palm it began to shoot through my arm forearm and upper arm into the muscles my fingers became numb and swollen over the days as well. I cannot wear my wedding ring anymore my worry is the hand doctor I saw passed it off as carpal tunnel but I feel pain in my fingers I can barely make a grip and the pain worsens shooting up my arm and muscles every day. It's not a wrist or thumb isolated feeling. I feel like I may have been misdiagnosed big time. What else could this be I think there might be a little arthritis from an x-ray that was taken but nothing else was really done. Am I having a heart attack is this more like a rheumatoid arthritis or or get out or even something else? Please help me.