Left arm pain

Hello Everyone,

My wife undergone pacemaker surgery last year on April 2016. She has dual chamber pacemaker. She still complain left arm pain, stiffness, she feels as if the whole left part of the body(from the tip of left arm till the foot) is injured when we talked about this to our pacemaker surgeon/doctor he says nothing to be worried, but my wife says such uneasyness was never there prior to surgery till a few months she was insisting for disassembling the permanent pacemaker which the doctor says is not possible, she beleive that she could lived without pacemaker as such heart disease/arryhythm problem was there since birth where she could live with, but since there was no confirmation that she has this disease at birth (except few symptoms) doctors has insisted to go for permanent pacemaker.

While now she reached a level of confidence that she could live with pacemaker but the left arm pain is bothering her too much, she is little scared of life that we have 2 small kids.

She is 38 yrs old and finds not many of her age group in the club. Will be a life saver if anyone around the world with similar age group can boost her confidence level.

Thanks for reading. Godbless you.

 

1 Comments

Cause and effect

by Selwyn - 2017-07-23 15:48:55

What is cause and effect? Just because something begins at the time of x, does not mean that x is the cause of the something. 

It is possible to get a frozen shoulder from pacemaker, poor, post operative mobilisation. Clearly lack of activity causes stiffness, including stiffness in the lower limbs. Stiffness in the lower limbs is not otherwise associated with pacemaker insertion. 

Anxiety is associated with muscular tension and secondary pain- any where. 

If shoulder movements are limited- see a physiotherapist, otherwise you need a caring physician. Anxiety should not be discounted.  

Kind regards,

Selwyn

 

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