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What Causes Pain And Tingling Sensation In Shoulder And Upper Right Arm?

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Posted on Thu, 12 Nov 2015
Question: I have a pain in my shoulder and upper right arm. There's also a tingling that has been running down the right arm from shoulder to the hand. This has been going on for the last week.
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Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (9 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Spine disc herniation can be the case.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Such symptom is either caused by spine disc problem in the cervical area or nerve compression in the wrist area (carpal tunnel syndrome).

If the tingling and pain is present in the first 3 fingers of your hand, the pain gets worse during the night, carpal tunnel syndrome is the reason.

If the pain rather starts at the shoulder area and goes down to the hand, you have some weakness of the hand so you are unable to grab something and there is occasional neck and headache, spine disc problem is the reason.

In case of carpal tunnel syndrome, you should have wrist ultrasound and the test called EMG.

In case of spine disc problem, MRI should be done. I suggest you to consult neurologist with this issue.

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
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What Causes Pain And Tingling Sensation In Shoulder And Upper Right Arm?

Brief Answer: Spine disc herniation can be the case. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thank you for the query. Such symptom is either caused by spine disc problem in the cervical area or nerve compression in the wrist area (carpal tunnel syndrome). If the tingling and pain is present in the first 3 fingers of your hand, the pain gets worse during the night, carpal tunnel syndrome is the reason. If the pain rather starts at the shoulder area and goes down to the hand, you have some weakness of the hand so you are unable to grab something and there is occasional neck and headache, spine disc problem is the reason. In case of carpal tunnel syndrome, you should have wrist ultrasound and the test called EMG. In case of spine disc problem, MRI should be done. I suggest you to consult neurologist with this issue. Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions. Regards.