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Pain under right side of my chest and slight numbness in my right arm/hand?
I recently went through a case of spontaneous pneumothorax a.k.a. a collapsed lung for no reason... I had a procedure done and everything went smoothly. I recently had a follow up appointment where the x-rays looked perfect (so the doctor says). but for the past couple days there has been a pain just under the right side of my chest (above the stomach though) and my right hand has been feeling odd (like numbness but i can still use it quite easily). Does anyone know why? should i be worried or contact a doctor?.. because I think I had enough of that unless its necessary. thank you
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- Douglas BLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Tight muscles in your back can press onto the nerves going around your body to send pains to your chest area or whereever the nerves go to that they are pressed into. Tight muscles in your upper back can press onto the nerves leaving the spine and going to your arm to cause the numbness you feel in it as well. Freeing up your back muscles should get rid of both problems and here's how to free them up:
Back:
(do while sitting on a chair)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front, and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm as straight as possible. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, then release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Yeah, you need to have that checked out. It's probably NOT a heart attack but just to let you know there is such a thing as deferred pain. This means that the pain could be derived from one part of the body, but you're feeling it at another. (However I would expect some shortness of breath with a heart attack. Since it has worsened with the pill, it may be a blood clot. This is a serious situation and you should really be checked out immediately.