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Can armpit pain be heart related?

Can armpit pain be heart related?

Angina is a condition that causes severe chest pain due to a temporary reduction in blood flow to the heart. The pain occurs because the heart muscle doesn’t receive enough oxygenated blood to keep up with its activity. Symptoms of this condition can cause pain under your left armpit and shoulder as well as: fatigue.

What causes tightness under the armpit?

Pain in your armpit could mean that you’ve simply strained a muscle, which is eased with ice and rest. It could also be a sign of more serious conditions, like an infection or breast cancer.

Can you feel a heart attack in your armpit?

Pain under the left armpit can be concerning, and many people associate any pain on the left side of their body with a heart attack. However, most of the time, pain under the left armpit has a less serious cause.

Why Does My left arm hurt and my chest feels tight?

Heart attack Often, an initial symptom of a heart attack is sudden left arm pain that gets increasingly intense over the course of a few minutes. Other symptoms of heart attack are: discomfort/pressure in the center of the chest. discomfort in the jaw, neck, back, or stomach.

Does anxiety cause armpit pain?

While anxiety can be a cause of underarm pain (and can be addressed in order to make the pain go away), it will be important to be sure that it is not being caused by something more serious, as doing so can actually help relieve your anxiety.

What does it mean when my chest feels tight?

Airway obstruction. The lung damage caused by COPD is called airway obstruction.

  • Air sac damage. Emphysema can also cause a feeling of tightness in the chest.
  • Bronchospasms. People with COPD sometimes have “bronchospasms.” This happens when the muscles surrounding the airways get very tight all of a sudden.

    • What does tightness in the chest feel like?

    shortness of breath

  • fatigue
  • dizziness
  • chest pressure or pain
  • chest tightness
  • swelling of the ankles,legs,and eventually in the abdomen
  • bluish color in the lips and skin
  • racing pulse and heart palpitations

    • What can cause tightness in the chest?

    pain that worsens with activity and gets better with rest

  • pressure or tightness in the chest,usually behind the sternum
  • numbness in the shoulder or arms,usually the left side

    • Does tightness in the chest mean a heart attack?

    “The most common symptom is a burning sensation in the chest, which can also manifest as a tightening sensation.” This sensation of tightness in the chest would, understandably, be quite frightening to anyone who knows that “tightness in the chest” is typically listed as a symptom of heart trouble, particularly that of a heart attack.

    By Naveed Callahan

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