A member asked:

If you were having an eptopic pregnancy and had pain on the right side of your stomach, which shoulder would hurt, left or right?

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Maybe neither.: The muscle that separates the abdomen from the chest is the diaphragm. When it is irritated it can sometimes cause pain in the shoulder ( right side to right shoulder and vice versa). An ectopic may not irritate the diaphragm so that there may be no shoulder pain at all.

Answered 3/31/2013

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