I have been a smoker for about two years now and I m currently trying to quit but have been having a tough time. Back pain has been quiet common for me since a MVA three years ago but lately I ve been noticing a pain in my left shoulder that becomes more prevalent when I m outside smoking and a slight dull ache in near my arm pit and it has me pretty worried. I went to my doctor and had blood work done and all my levels came out normal but I was wondering if I m stressing myself over something that might not be that serious or if I should go and have more testing done?
Hi smoking increases risk for many diseases pain which you have could be vital sign of cardiac disease, or it could be chronic painful condition like cervical degenerative disc disease. Any pain in left shoulder shoulder of middle age person with risk factor of smoking should undergo cardiac work up like ECG stress test etc