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What causes chest pain, sharp, stinging nerve-like pain in upper left chest extending to abdomen? brief but strong, occurring over last 3 days?
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Atypical: Could be early shingles, costochondritis, a pulled muscle, etc its very atypical and would be fairly confident its not your heart.
Answered 7/26/2017
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Causes and mechanism: Many potential causes of such symptoms but the same mechanism -- when the chest pain is sharp and fleeting, stinging or electrifying, can be at varying intensities -- it is caused by irritation of the nervous network in the chest wall. The nervous system is rather like the body's own electrical system -- so the sensation is indeed electrifying. The most common cause is a simple chest wall strain.
Answered 12/27/2019
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