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I'm 38 white male, ovr a yr now i've hve unbearable pain in my rt arm btwen my shldr & elbow. no injuries, pain is cnstnt worse @ nite, nthng hlpspain?

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Dr. Richard Horak ii answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Further testing: It's possible the origin of your pain is cervical in nature. I would see a sports medicine specialist so an cervical spine xray can be taken and a EMG/NCS study can be ordered as well. This will help fund the origin of your pain.

Dr Gabor and another doctor agreed

Answered 12/24/2015

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