There is a nerve which connects all three, so when felt in the heart the signal travels to these other areas
left arm pain
The pain of angina pectoris and myocardial infarction is sometimes referred to the head and neck region. The mechanism for this effect remains obscure. A case is presented here that reports that electrical stimulation of a cardiac branch of the left vagus nerve in humans can cause referred craniofacial pain. This leads to the hypothesis that the vagus nerve plays a role in mediating this pain.
Referred pain-- The presence of pain in an area other than where it originates. In some pleurisy cases, referred pain occurs in the neck, shoulder, or abdomen.
Cardiac pain may go along your left arm. Respiratory pain does not. I think cardiac pain is cosidered much sharper too.
Infection could cause a shooting pain in the left neck gland. This infection could have come from a dental procedure.
The pain.... /facepalm
You could possibly have a pulled muscle if pain continues call doctor for pain medicine.
have a lot of pain base of neck top of spine it spreads down my left shoulder
i have pain on my left side shoulder,neck ear and head . What could be causing this?
neck and left arm aches related to angina ,
One thing that can cause left side of neck pain above a collar bone could be a stiff neck. If the pain does not go away, one should see a doctor.
What could be causing neck pain on left side could be generally one of a couple things. One would be muscle spasms and the other could be nerve pain from tight muscles or a pinched nerve.
I'm not sure but I have on and off mild to bad breast pain sometimes shooting pain in my breasts and I have 2 herniated discs in my neck. I wonder if its some kind of referred pain.