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What could cause chest pain and left hand numbness?

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nerve dermatome: Your pain may be following a nerve root dermatome. Heart attacks do this because they stimulate that nerve root, but so does neck arthritis with cervical spondylitis or injury.

Answered 11/10/2019

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