Arm Pain
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Arm Pain Symptoms
Symptoms that occur with arm pain include:
Arm redness
Arms stiffness:
Reduced motion of the arm
Arm swelling (unilateral)
Arm tenderness
Arm warmth
Symptoms associated with minor cause of arm pain include:
Mild arm bruising
Mild arm tenderness
Mild pain only during movement of the arm
Mild
arm swelling
Pain improves rapidly
Symptoms associated with moderate to severe cause of arm pain include:
Worsening arm redness
Severe arm bruising
Severe
arm swelling (unilateral)
Severe arm tenderness
Arm deformity
Numbness
or
weakness
in the arm or hand:
Arm numbness (unilateral)
Arm weakness (unilateral)
Hand numbness (unilateral)
Hand weakness (unilateral)
Inability to use the arm
Inability to move the arm
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Related Topics:
Arm injury
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Arm swelling (bilateral)
Arm swelling (unilateral)
Elbow pain
Finger pain
Hand pain (bilateral)
Hand pain (unilateral)
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Shoulder pain (unilateral)
Wrist pain
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Last Updated: Apr 1, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Arm Pain References:
Alpar EK, Killampalli VV. Idiopathic arm pain. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Jul;86-A(7):1387-91.
Daffner SD, Hilibrand AS, Hanscom BS, Brislin BT, Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ. Impact of neck and arm pain on overall health status. Spine. 2003 Sep 1;28(17):2030-5.
Mitchell S, Reading I, Walker-Bone K, Palmer K, Cooper C, Coggon D. Pain tolerance in upper limb disorders: findings from a community survey. Occup Environ Med. 2003 Mar;60(3):217-21.