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Tingling right arm

Over the past day or so I have had a tingling sensation with numness over my right forarm.  Often the pain is worse when I reacch my arm out to pick something up, it's sort of like a sharp tingling sensation run up my for arm to just below the elbow.  Only on the right forarm.
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pain and tingling are most probably due to some pressure on a nerve in the neck, arm or elbow.
if you are in a risk population for heart disease (age, smoking, diabetes) you still want to be sure and go now for ECG testing
if not, a doctor can try locate the point of nerve pressure by the geograpy of the tingling

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I had the same sensation. It even got to the point that I thought it was a heart attack because the pain eventually got up to my shoulder. It was carpal tunnel. They gave me a **** up splint for my wrist and I havent had it since.
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