Hello and welcome to Healthcare Magic. Thanks for your query.

Tingling, numbness in one arm along with chest pain can be due to the following causes:

- Nerve root irritation - sometimes compression and irritation of the nerve roots in the cervical spine can cause such one-sided timgling, numbness and pain.

- Cardiac problem - if you are above 40 and have significant risk factors for cardiac disease (like diabetes, hypertension, obesity, high choloesterol, smoking, drug abuse, etc.)

- Anxiety and stress - it is important to understand that anxiety can present with not only psychological symptoms but also with physical or somatic symptoms. Tingling, numbness, electric shock-like sensations, etc. are symptoms which are commonly seen in anxiety disorders. Anxiety can cause the person's pain and sensory threshold to get lowered and he / she can become 'hypersensitive' to sensory stimuli, and therefore have tingling, burning, etc. The underlying anxiety also causes a person to become more worried about his / her symptoms and this ends up worsening the physical symptoms.

I would advise you to see a doctor for a detailed evaluation, so that any possible medical causes can be ruled out. In case, there is no medical problem and your symptoms are likely to be anxiety / stress related, then you need further professional help to manage this problem.

Wish you all the best.

Regards,
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar

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