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Q: Needle pricks on left arm
asked by: whats_wrong559 on August 15th, 2009
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I don't know what is wrong with me. It all started with my left arm feeling numb. Then i started feeling some pinching feeling on my chest. I went to the ER and they hooked me up to a EKG machine for like 15secs, drew blood, and took an x-ray of my shoulder. THey said there were on signs of a heart attack.
That was a month ago. I still have the occasional prick on my chest and in my left arm. Sometimes it makes me cry because I fear death. Some say it might be anxiety, but I don't think I even have anything to worry about. Sometimes my parents are talking about money issues, and I don't think I think about it much, but maybe I pick up on their stress.
I'm 23 y/o and I have to say I am overweight. at 5'4" i am at 220lbs. Sometimes when the symptoms come I feel like crying because I worry it something serious. At times I feel like a tightness on my throat and chest. My left shoulder/arm feel like they might go numb, my muscles feel tense. At times it feels like I'm experiencing the symptoms on my right side, although it's constant on the left. It gets worse at night, when everyone is settling into bed, I have been crying myself to sleep for the past couple nights. It just really makes me worry about it all.
I don't have any shortness of breath, I don't sweat, at times my thumb starts twitching, and sometimes it feels like my left side of my body is trembling within (although it is barely noticeable). When I think about the symptoms too much it makes me nauseous to the point where I can't eat.
At times it also feels like the needle pricks happen on either arm, my chest, the base of my neck, or the left side of my head.
What could it be?
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wendyrs
replied on August 15th, 2009
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Even though you may not be worried or concerned about anything in particular it still can be anxiety or tension related.. Just to play it safe I would make an appointment with a cardiologist and have a full work-up and stress test done to rule out anything that could have been missed in the ER. If everything turns out to be ok again I would accept that it's anxiety related..
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ayurcliniq_munnar
replied on August 16th, 2009
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Dear friend!

i support the suggestion of my friend Wendy in this issue.

as an addition, u may also conduct a criatinine-B test immediately when it repeats and u can get the count of dead cells, if any,to see any cardiac problem.its simple!
if there is nothing wrong with heart,then u may check ur neck too for any spinal problems.
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