for the last 2 weeks i have had terrible pain in my left shoulder and shooting pains down my left arm. i have been to the doctor and i was prescribed co-codamol 30/500mg these have not helped the pain at all and there is no sign of this problem going away. does anybody know what could be causing this?
2007-03-06 07:33:01 · 12 answers · asked by lisa577uk 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
i have no pins and needles just constant pain in my left shoulder blade and my left forearm it is total agony all of the time.The pain killers that i have been given just make me feel drowsy and don't help with the pain at all.
2007-03-07 09:05:06 · update #1
Could be 'frozen shoulder'. Do have have restricted movement, pain on rotating arm? Go back to your GP, if necessary a cortisone/steroid injection into the joint might help.
2007-03-06 07:39:12 · answer #1 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-04-18 16:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had the same problem for over a year and my Gp kept telling me I had carpal tunnel syndrome(wrists) and that the pain was radiating up from there. After waiting for a nerve induction test on the NHS for 15 months I went private and had ultra sound scans which showed a lot of fluid around the bicep tendons and I was told that the pain was radiating down my arms. This was treated with steroid injections into the site at two week intervals. They take up to 30 days to work completely but I can now sleep right through the night. Private treatment very expensive but SO worth it as I had been living on co-codomol 30 which was not good. Incidentally, the consultant I saw privately said I also have carpal tunnel syndrome. Its a repetative strain injury but now that I have got rid of the pain in my shoulders my wrists are not so bad and I can wait for NHS treatment (I think)
2007-03-06 08:09:58 · answer #3 · answered by lucy locket 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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for the last 2 weeks i have had terrible pain in my left shoulder and shooting pains down my left arm. i have been to the doctor and i was prescribed co-codamol 30/500mg these have not helped the pain at all and there is no sign of this problem going away. does anybody know what could be causing...
2015-08-26 07:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by Sumner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi can you remember any thing that may have caused it to hurt? as i had similar pain three years ago, i have just had a nerve block this seems to have helped. i am afraid you have to keep going back to see your doctor steroid injections did help though not for long, do you get pins and needles? though i hope yours wont take as long as mine, try looking up shoulder pain you might find so help.
all the best of luck......!
2007-03-07 08:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by urbetty2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-25 22:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-17 19:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Maxwell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it might be a posture or neck problem. Suggest you go back to the GP and ask him to look again. Drugs such as Diclofenac can help. In the meantime, look at how you sit at your desk, whether your feet are raised, whether your monitor is in the right position, also how you lie in bed at night.
2007-03-06 07:38:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I same same problem doc said its keyboard related ! caused by long periods of keyboard work
2007-03-06 07:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know someone who had this and he was told it was a trapped nerve.But maybe you should go back to doc just to make sure.
2007-03-06 07:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by norma d 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋