How is it that there is usually left shoulder/arm/jaw pain associated with angina pectoris?
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 at
10:13 pm
What is the mechanism behind it and why only the left side?
Filed under: Shoulder Blade Pain
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Chest pain and chest discomfort are the main symptoms or characteristics of angina. Nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath, anxiety, sweating or dizziness are other symptoms that may accompany angina.
The chest pain and discomfort common with angina may be described as pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest. Some people with angina symptoms describe angina as feeling like a vise is squeezing their chest, or feeling like a heavy weight has been placed on their chest. This pressure can extend to the arm, especially the left arm, neck, jaw, shoulder or back.
The severity, duration and type of angina can vary. It’s important to recognize if you have new or changing chest pain. New or different symptoms may signal a more dangerous form of angina (unstable angina) or a heart attack.
The symptoms of angina pectoris include:
A constricting pain around the chest. In stable angina this occurs on exertion and is relieved by rest. Feeling pressure in the chest. Extreme anxiety. Pain radiating from the chest to the throat, arms, neck, and back .Dizziness or nausea, and sometimes vomiting.
Sweating.Difficulty in breathing.
Left shoulder/arm/jaw pain may be associated with angina pectoris.
take care as always
Has to do with the layout of nerves. Heart muscle pain can refer to a number of places, but the jaw and arm are common. The nerve layout favors the left. That’s part of the reason the dentist sometimes prescribes a course of antibiotics before doing significant tooth work on heart patients. Those paths can become conduits for infection, and if someone has valve problems or some other conditions, it’s easier for bacterial infections to take hold in the heart.