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Chest wall pain

Chest wall pain


Hi,
I am a 39 yr old female who is at a loss right now.  I have/had chest/wall pain for well over 10 years now. My doctor diagnosed me back in 1997 with shingles although I did not have any visible signs of it. Since then, I have had pain ONLY in my left chest wall starting in the middle of my back shooting under my shoulder blade and running all the way under my left armpit to my breast stopping in the middle of my chest, the pain has been so bad that I could not sleep or lay down. I  had  an EKG and chest x-rays done due to my pain with nothing signicate found 1 month ago. He did seem to think I pulled a muscle or might have a hair-line fractor to my rib, he gave me steroids and pain meds and sent me on my way, the pain did subside.  Now I have the exact same pain on my RIGHT side The pain is unbearable and it feels like needles are sticking in me, I itch and the whole area is sore to the touch. Can someone please help me?
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Sounds like shingles - The symptoms I had was; for 2 weeks I had a dull headache, then a pimple/bump appear on my arm after a few days smaller bumps surrounded the pimple and my arm became sensitive to cold and heat. The area of the shingles was itching but I didn't scratch it for fear of others appearing. I had scatched my palm before I was diagnose and shingles appeared there also. I was treated with antibiotic for shingles and it worked....Shingles can be very painful - Shingles can also be internal...so check it out..

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