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Can indigestion cause right sided breast and armpit pain?

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Dr. Jeffrey Ng answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

It may: The same pain fiber dermatomes on the right side follow the stomach as well. That's why people with bad indigestion can stimulate a heart attack, and thus, need to stay in the hospital for a workup to rule out the cardiac cause first.

Answered 6/8/2013

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