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I am having tingling in my right had and my chest is a little tight.


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replied September 16th, 2009
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The symptoms you reported (tingling in right hand, tightness in chest and high blood pressure the other day) might be related to several conditions.

The tingling is primarily a neurologic symptom. Putting pressure on the nerves responsible for the hand might cause tingling. In the case of cervical (neck) spondylosis, the cervical vertebrae put pressure on the nerves that leave the spinal cord in the vicinity. The tingling, in this case, is usually felt along the whole arm all the way to the fingers.


Poor blood supply in advanced cases of atherosclerosis might damage nerves over a long period. Usually one of the first symptoms is tingling because the sensory functions of the nerves are affected sooner than the motor ones.
Advanced atherosclerosis might cause poor oxygen supply in the heart muscle which might, accompanied with high blood pressure, subsequently cause tighness in chest.


You are advised to visit your family doctor for a physical examination. Depending on the results you might be referred to a specialist for heart disorders or to a neurologist. The specialist for heart disorders might need an ECG, Echocardiography, and laboratory tests to determine the condition of the heart.


An x-ray of the spine might confirm cervical spondylosis.


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replied September 23rd, 2009
A severe pain through the stomach and after eating it relieved the person is what.
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replied October 29th, 2011
My boyfriend have a stock on October 17, 2011, he is on thorazine for hiccups, but it doesn't seem to be working, he is asleep and he'll starts hiccuping, which wakes him up, will this continue, or what should I do to help him?
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replied January 7th, 2012
I need help my fianc has pain in his lower right side of his stomach but he is stubborn and won't go to dr it only hurts him at night and hurts when he walks. He has no vomiting no fever no diareah he thinks it's a pulled muscle but his family thinks it's his appendix what can he do
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i have dark patches with differtent fugures on my back and they have been there for maybe a year and i was just was really wondering what they might be. they are not itchy but when i scratch at them, they kind of turn redish and ashy looking. anyone can help me??
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replied June 8th, 2012
I have pins and needles in my left hand all day - I have had it off and on throughout the last several months. I have several white matter lesions in my brain. They are mostly between 1-4mm and one that is about 6mm. No lesions on cspine or thoracic... but the tingling keeps coming and going...only on my left. Could stress always attack the same side? I have also had shingles twice in a year. The last episode was while on vacation around my right eye. Now my left lower side of face is feeling strange as well. but no noticeable difference from just looking at me. (just feels a little heavy and the left side of my nose feels like it is just about to wake up from novicaine...stress or something more???
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