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What Causes Pain Between Shoulder Blades When Taking Deep Breaths?
Question: hi i woke up with pain
between my shoulder blades, also when i take a deep breath
between my shoulder blades, also when i take a deep breath
Brief Answer:
Needs work up and management, rule out visceral causes
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. pain between shoulder with difficulty taking a deep breath most likely correlates to gallbladder and pancreas involvement with likely gastric discomfort. That needs work up. Sometimes a heart problem may present in this atypical manner.
One other possibility is of localised musculoskeletal pain and that needs to be kept at last of differentials list after ruling out the possibilities of visceral involvement.
So i would like you to go to a hospital and let them have some baseline work up like ECG, abdominal ultrasound for gallbladder and amylase & lipase levels in blood for pancreas to narrow the differentials for the pain.
They will also give you some instant pain relief with some IV meds likely antacids and antispasmodics and then plan your management according to your results.
meanwhile try some home remedies like baking soda plenty of fluids. Avoid spices and beverages and alcohol and other stimulants like coffee , soda etc and also avoid NSAIDs or any other pain killers as those might have caused that in first place.
I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and don't forget to close the discussion please.
Regards
Khan
Needs work up and management, rule out visceral causes
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. pain between shoulder with difficulty taking a deep breath most likely correlates to gallbladder and pancreas involvement with likely gastric discomfort. That needs work up. Sometimes a heart problem may present in this atypical manner.
One other possibility is of localised musculoskeletal pain and that needs to be kept at last of differentials list after ruling out the possibilities of visceral involvement.
So i would like you to go to a hospital and let them have some baseline work up like ECG, abdominal ultrasound for gallbladder and amylase & lipase levels in blood for pancreas to narrow the differentials for the pain.
They will also give you some instant pain relief with some IV meds likely antacids and antispasmodics and then plan your management according to your results.
meanwhile try some home remedies like baking soda plenty of fluids. Avoid spices and beverages and alcohol and other stimulants like coffee , soda etc and also avoid NSAIDs or any other pain killers as those might have caused that in first place.
I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and don't forget to close the discussion please.
Regards
Khan
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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