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My mum is losing a lot of weight and she has extremely bad pain in her shoulder and arm and she cannot sleep. any ideas as i'm worried for her?

5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

Doctor : Take her to a physician for full work up. Too many possibilities.

Dr Woods agreed

Answered 10/4/2016

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Have her see her PCP: For evaluation and work up.

Dr Altman agreed

Answered 5/1/2016

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Family Practice: Any unexplained weight loss needs to be seen. The shoulder pain may or may not be related.

Answered 3/26/2013

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