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Does anyone experience arm pain with pots? I’ll have just an aching awful feeling that comes and goes it occurs in both arms not each time together though…
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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
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I get bad headaches when I get dizzy
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The nerves of your arm are directly connected to the nerves of your heart which means when you have heart problems (or POTS) it can cause arm pain. When people have heart attacks they often experience arm pain or numbness as well.
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I get aches in my joints but I am not sure if that's due to my hypermobility or the POTs.
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I get it in my collarbone but yes!
Yessss I've been to the ER a few times for this also. No heart attack.
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Can’t be sure it’s not just joint/muscle pain from my EDS, but I absolutely have arm pain/heaviness that coincides with my POTS chest pain. (Yes, I know that sounds like serious heart attack symptoms, I have been to ER for this and confirmed that that wasn’t the case. Obvs seek emergency care if this is happening to you and differs from your baseline)
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@SuccinctAbilities I know it’s awful, :( I have also been to the er when I’ve had chest pain and arm pain and heart attack was ruled out! I’m not sure what’s going on
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@Teee I do know for me, at least once it was a pneumothorax (pneunomediastinum if we’re getting technical). Basically air in your chest where it shouldnt be, unfortunately pretty common for EDS folks, and can cause that arm pain. If you’re at risk for that (EDS and POTS are fairly common comorbidities), it might be worth bringing up to a GP/cardio-thoracic/pulmonary/whoever you’ve got on your team in the chest area 😅
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