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What Does Pain In Left Shoulder And Upper Arm Indicate?
I have pain in left shoulder and upper arm. They are treating me with shots to the back of the shoulder inter muscular shot the Docctor told her what the name of the medicine supraascapular nerve block. Is this the right thing to do? She is soon to be 82 years old?
Thu, 23 Nov 2017
if the pain is so severe that it is affect her life and not relieved by normal pain killers
Then to provide pain relief nerve block procedure are used
your doctor must be giving it because she is not showing relief with normal pain killers or to avoid harmful side effects of prolong pain killers
Wishing her best of luck
Then to provide pain relief nerve block procedure are used
your doctor must be giving it because she is not showing relief with normal pain killers or to avoid harmful side effects of prolong pain killers
Wishing her best of luck
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