This is rather recent and with the holiday coming in, seeing a doctor is kind of tough in the meantime for me. Recently as I'm working (I clean for work, so wiping things down, mopping, sweeping and vacuuming are a daily thing for me.) my left upper arm like my tricep, from roughly my armpit to my elbow, felt like it was being pinched in a way and it really hurt! I had to stop what I was doing until it would go away and it kept happening. This made me extremely worried as in my left arm I also have the birth control Implanon inserted, but I checked and it still seems in place and doesn't bother me when I feel it, so I'm not sure if that was causing the sudden discomfort. Then today around my armpit on my left side was a rash circling around my armpit and only seemed to get that much worse when I showered as it hurt to even touch it to dry it off. I'm not sure if these two things are connected as the arm pinching was one day, and this rash now the very next day. If anyone has any answers, that'd be great!
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Hello Sophie... I believe with your job with repetitive arm use, such as mopping, sweeping, and other things, you may have some inflammation in your shoulder or in your tricep that is pinching a nerve causing your pain. The rash may be from sweat if you sweat a lot at work. You can apply medicated powder (Gold Bond) to the area to help this heal up. As far as your arm, you may try an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen to help with the pain. If it gets worse, you may want to have it x-rayed to make sure you do not have a tear in the muscle.
Has anyone else have a condition similar to this?
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