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Only while sleeping, once a month, i get an abdominal throbbing pain that lasts about an hour and wakes me and radiates to top of left shoulder, why?
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Radiat pain: The left half of the diaphragm, when irritated by injury or inflammation, causes pain in the left shoulder due to both structures being represented in the brain by the same area. Nerves from both areas stimulate similar parts of the brain leading one to experience pain in an area that is away from the diseased organ - this is called referred pain. Have a physician evaluate your abdominal conplaint
Answered 1/3/2016
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