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What causes left shoulder pain when breathing in and out? when breathing in theres a spike that hoes from left shoulder to the heart area

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Pleurtic shoulder pa: May be pleurodynia viral inflammation of the lining aroudn the lung, or rarely may be pnurmothorax ( collapse of lung ) though usually assocaited with shortness of breath or clot in lung if predisposed , or rarely mass or cardiac like pericarditis ( inflammation of lining of heart or vessals. f/u/ w/ doc/ ER today

Answered 6/1/2018

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