2007-03-05 16:34:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
it depends on where it actually hurts? do you feel a tingling sensation all over your left hand along with neckpain? if so ,it may suggest dat you may have cervical spondylitis. if you have these symptoms along with palpitations with chest pain you may have heard disporder....
2007-03-05 17:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by draugustinejoshua 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You havnt stated how old the person is, any medical conditions, the time and nature of the pain, how long it lasts, what makes it worse or improves it and how long the problem has been there for?
All of these are important factors when dealing with the cause of the pain. Pain in the arm may be muscular which may be due to excessive or improper physical activity, bad posture or in rare instances muscle disease. It may be due to nerve disease such as entrapment in cervical spondylitis. It may originate from a bad shoulder or elbow joint or inflammation of the surrounding tissue/flesh the causes of these may range from a previous dislocation to rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis (a disease of old age). Somtimes compression of the vessels of the arm may cause pain and tingling. However the most dreaded cause of left arm pain is a heart attack! Usually this comes as chest or shoulder pain which spreads (reffered pain) to the arm. I would strongly advise the individual to see a doctor that they have not had a heart problem (such as angina) or a heart attack.
This is really very general advise and not specific for your problem. Please seek medical attention for a complete examination, investigation and treatment.
2007-03-06 05:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-03-07 00:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
mostly because of overuse, like sitting for long time without arm rest. or if u have any problem with neck it can radiate down.. try some icepacks on the painful area
2007-03-06 04:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by drjdhanas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by pushing or lifting a heavy object or fighting with some one more strong with the left arm or due to rheumatism.
2007-03-06 06:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by spiritual healer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be because of any cervical spine problem, or may be you are using more left hand for work.
2007-03-06 00:42:02 · answer #6 · answered by Jagdesh Kumar W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
information is to vague. go with Dr . R's answer
2007-03-10 00:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by landlubber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋