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Why is it that whenever someone has pleurisy, they often have pain in their shoulder blades?
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Referred pain: The body has difficulty pinning down the exact location of internal pain, so such pain is often experienced on the skin nearby.
Answered 4/11/2014
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Referred pain : This is a type of referred pain due to nerve supply to the regions.
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