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Approximately every 2 week i feel a shooting pain in my left index finger (on pip) and just the same second a shooting pain in my heart area. why?

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Pain: The kind of pain you describe is usually of musculoskeletal origin and can be from irritation of a nerve that runs along the chest wall as well as the inside of the arm.

Answered 1/14/2014

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