Underarm Pain

I have just developed the same pain in my armpit.  One thing that seems to appear during this thread is that many people talk about having had a virus. I'm still in the midst of one that's lasted for weeks & has been so nasty it's kept husband off work & it also triggered shingles. I've not had it as bad as him, but it's definitely been there & left me feeling run down. 

Over past few days I've noticed my left armpit becoming inreasingly uncomfortable - low level painful.  I assumed it was a gland swollen, but wanted to see if anyone else had experienced similar.  It also coincides with me having run out of evening primrose tablets & started about a week after I stopped taking them.  That could be a coincidence....but anyway!  

I wonder if some of these viruses circulating apart from hanging on for weeks/months, also trigger this kind of reaction in the underarm lymph nodes?

Just a thought.  I will give it a few days and see how it goes before I see GP about it.

In the meantime, I think I will look at ways of boosting my immune system.

Hope everyone is soon feeling much better!  

well its been almost a year for me and am no further forward really! 

The left armpit pain is rarely there for me now - I do still feel it every now and then but not like it was. Things seem to have changed for me - I still have the breast pain but I wouldn't say it's pain as such just an ache - I have days where my nipple sometimes feels itchy but that goes away as quickly as it comes. I've stopped sleeping on my left side and when i do i feel the armpit pain the next day which makes me think it's nerve damage?

Every single pain or ache and I'm convinced I'm dying!! I've had a couple of chest infection that have cleared with antibiotics. I stretched out in bed on Sunday and felt my back pull and struggled for two days with pain across the base of my back but lots of rest and deep heat and that's feeling much better - but I was convinced I was on my way out lol!!!!

It's funny but as I sat down to write this I felt normal. As I'm writing my armpit has started up! Anxiety? I just dont know.

i sometimes get a pain in my left shoulder and It seems worse on the days when I'm at work (sit at a desk working on pc) and I've asked for a workplace assessment as I'm thinking it could be poor posture and maybe nerve damage as I mentioned earlier, as I am left handed.

sorry I've not any better news for yousell, 

Shortly after breast pain, rib pain, back and under arm pain brought me back to the doc in search of answers. He did a breast exam and found nothing out of the ordinary then did some blood work which also came back normal and that was it!

So flash forward to now...its no better, in fact its worse if I'm honest. One thing mentioned on this discussion that I found interesting is that several women battled a difficult cold shortly before a worsening of symptoms. I found this to be true for myself also.

I am grateful to have found this discussion. I go back to the doc this week and I am digging in my heals. I want and need answers and I really want to feel better and not be so scared. I will see the doc this week armed with all of your experiences and my own and will share what I learn.

The pain then seemed to be constant and everywhere... all down my arm right through to my fingers, around my rib cage, under my armpit, shoulders and neck. It wasn’t so much pain, more an ache or an annoyance, a burning sensation and a tingling… maybe like a trapped nerve somewhere. The fact that every website I read said breast cancer was rarely painful was irrelevant… I was convinced I must have somehow missed primary breast cancer and it had now spread to secondary bone cancer hence the pain.

I spent the whole week addicted to Google researching as much as possible. Not recommended! However, as the pain moved about a bit, I did start to reason with myself that this could be some sort of pulled muscle, potentially ‘Poshitis’ – a new term for pulled muscles from carrying a heavy handbag like Victoria Beckham in the crook of your elbow. As well as a heavy laptop handbag 5 days a week, I’d also lifted a heavy suitcase and injured my shoulder. When doing self-examinations, I still couldn’t feel any obvious swollen tissue like the doctor had, which also slightly reassured me.

Anyway, my appointment with the breast specialist was today and I am pleased to say that my inclination of muscle strain was correct. I spoke through all of my symptoms and already the specialist was agreeing it sounded a lot like a pulled muscle. He then examined me and said everything felt perfectly normal, and also did an ultra sound to be safe which showed absolutely no lumps, swelling or cause for concern. Over the last two days I’d also been consciously not doing anything with my left arm and the pain has definitely improved, so looks like  the muscle is on the mend and I need to buy a rucksack!! Hopefully this has reassured some of you, but BOOK AN APPOINTMENT with a specialist to be sure and for peace of mind – the last week of my life was awful, it’s not worth the worry of just waiting to hope for improvement.