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Can your left shoulder hurt from coughing a lot or is it my acid reflex? ekg normal, and heart was perfect yesterdays at er. its a dull pain.

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Pleural: The inflammatory process can cause inflammation of diaphragmatic pleura , can present as shoulder pain, Gas in spleenic flexor rarely can cause also.

Dr Minich agreed

Answered 11/22/2014

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