Pain in Right Arm

[Newtothis616]

Today I woke up, and my right arm felt like it was in pain.  It feels like shooting pains from my elbow to mid arm up and down both ways.  Also if I scratch both of my arms, I still feel my right arms pain longer than the left.  Does this mean anything?? I'm scared I'm going to lose feeling in my arm.

[PegfromNorthRoyalton]

Get rid of your pillow! At first it will be uncomfortable since you will feel your neck stretching, tuck your shoulder down so it doesn't touch your chin if you lie sideways. Once you fall asleep, your neck will stretch. Try to make sure your arm is straight and not bent at the elbow at night. Do this a few nights, after the first night, you should start feeling some relief. Try doing this for about 4 nights and see if you feel better. I had this myself and prayed for an answer and this worked for me.

[JainMD]

Hi New,
How are you feeling?
Pain, tingling and numbness are signs of neuropathy. Nerve involvement may be single (mono-neuropathy) or multiple (poly-neuropathy).
Mono-neuropathies are usually caused by trauma, compression, or entrapment. Sensory and motor symptoms are in the distribution of a single nerve—most commonly Ulnar or median nerves in the arms or Peroneal nerve in the leg.
The pathological processes underlying complaints of neck and shooting arm pain often reside within the cervical spine.
Shooting arm pain is termed radicular pain.
Radicular pain is lancinating or electric in nature. Radicular pain radiates deeply in a narrow, characteristic, band-like pattern. The pathological mechanism of radicular pain is compression of a dorsal root ganglion or inflammation of a nerve root.
It appears that the involved nerve root is C5.
Have you ever had a history of trauma to your head (i.e., a motor vehicle accident, being punched in the head)?
Are there any positions that make your symptoms better or worse?
Have you had any fevers, pain at rest, or night-time pain?
Have you been experiencing increasing weakness or numbness?
I think you should be seeing an orthopaedician for further evaluation. Imaging study is most important modality in management.
MRI is the investigation of choice.
Keep me informed.
Bye.