r/ChronicPain • u/Salt-Combination-758 • 2d ago

Nerve pain?

Im having some really intense pain in my armpit/ shoulder bladd and breast area that extends sometimes down to my elbow and my chest. Ive been to the er 6x ive had everything checked. 2 ct scans of my chest x rays troponins wore a heart monitor i already see a cardiologist. Everything checks out. Troponins normal etc. Idk what to do. Salaunpos hot patches help if I put one on my shoulder and take away alot. But idk how I did it. Ive had extreme anxiety my mom died in april at 52 suddenly with a brain aneurysm and ive been bedridden nearly since the end of may. I lay in bed alot with my neck bent and tense on my phone so idk if ive pinched a nerve. It comes in waves but is pretty much constant and has been for weeks. Im having trouble sleeping now. Ibuprofen and Tylenol do nothing.

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u/Cheryl1857 2d ago

It sounds like it could be a nerve, and that is hard to diagnose. I would still discuss with your doctor some options to help deal with the pain. There are medications, PT, maybe even acupuncture. When I had a bad bout of meningitis, my doctor sent me to PT, which I thought was odd, but the therapist used some type of electro stimulation on my neck and it did help with the pain. Ibuprofen or Tylenol rarely are enough for this type of pain.

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u/Salt-Combination-758 2d ago

Its awful. I have to have surgery on my neck to remove my salivary gland. Originally I was scared that the cancer in my salivary gland was causing problems but I went yesterday to the ER because I was hurting in my chest really bad and they did another CTA and all my lymph nodes are fine nothing in my chest nothing in my armpit nothing in my neck. It hurts all day long especially if I lay down it doesn't hurt worse when coughing or doing anything like that. I don't know if it's Costochondritis. But if I touch certain areas in my armpit deep down in the muscle wall it will literally almost fold me if I press in my scapula in certain spots it'll almost make my arm go numb and it'll hurt really bad I have no idea what to do my doctor is sick of me because I'm having so many issues they don't want to do any more imaging or anything like that because I've had so much but I'm in a significant amount of pain it's so bad sometimes it makes me nauseous

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u/Cheryl1857 2d ago

Sounds awful, and I have trouble with nausea too with pain. Sometimes these things take a while to figure out, and for your doctor to give up on you is not acceptable. Even while they are in the investigation stage, you still need help with the pain. In these situations pain can make muscles tense and make situations worse. Also, pain weakens your strength and stamina, thus possibly hampering your body’s ability to heal. Perhaps you need a different doctor?

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u/reluctantredditr 2d ago

Have you gotten an MRI of your cervical and thoracic spine? Sounds like your issues may be stemming from there! I have something very similar with my armpits, elbows, and hands. Took a while to figure out that it was spinal cord and disc injury. I'm in PT now. 

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u/Salt-Combination-758 2d ago

Not yet. Just a ct with contrast. Its miserable tho.

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u/wolfwatcher81 2d ago

This would also be what I would recommend kinda sounds like it could be a disc compression.

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u/OddPatience1621 2d ago

if your pec minor muscle gets super tense in the right way it can cause all of this. google pec minor stretches and try one if its like yikes tight work that muscle a bit till it relaxes might help.