Pain in left Arm

[Harrywogan]

Harrywogan here with a question after reading some posts from a few people who all have a painful deft arm including myself Why.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

What sort of painful left arm? Is it the same as your original PMR pain? Or is there anything else going on? Pain referring into the left arm should really always be checked out in case it is heart related.

[Harrywogan in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks but I know pmr related

[SheffieldJane in reply to Harrywogan]

Are you left handed Harry?

[Harrywogan in reply to SheffieldJane]

Hi SJ iam not left handed I have a friend who has Pmr and she has same problem she can hardly lift kettle doc gave her a gel to help .x

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Harrywogan]

And does it help? I never found any of the NSAID gels did more than take the edge off muscle pain of that sort. And you must be careful using them together with pred.

[SheffieldJane in reply to Harrywogan]

I have had left arm pain from simply leaning on the sofa arm. It always worries me because it can be a warning of a heart attack. I think our muscles are very sensitive.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to SheffieldJane]

Mmmm - but does depend on the sort and position of the pain - leaning on the arm of the sofa is more likely to cause trapped nerve pain, often the ulnar which is easily trapped in the shoulder or at the elbow by leaning on it the wrong way.

[Wales20 in reply to PMRpro]

I have had a lot of pain in my right arm which the doc thought was bursitis in my shoulder. He gave me a steroid injection in the shoulder which rapidly worked wonders. I still have a little pain in my arm when I twist it but all my other PMR pains have completely gone, for the past week at any rate ...

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Wales20]

It isn't unusual for patients to be given a steroid injection for a bad shoulder and then to realise that all those other niggles have gone too - and a PMR diagnosis is the result!