Tingeling sensation

I've been getting a tingeling sensation down my left arm to just above the elbow, it start from my pacemaker site. It's been fairly frequent for the past week. Anyone have something similar.

3 Comments

Your device is ten years old

by Gotrhythm - 2017-06-01 13:03:18

I have no thoughts about tingling, but looking at your bio, I see that your PM was implanted in 2007 and is 10 years old. Many pacemaker last longer but still, that's pretty old for a pacemaker. 

Have you been in lately for a pacemaker check?

Second Device

by Larryl - 2017-06-02 19:05:20

Thanks for the comment, but current device was implanted in 2013, and all new leads installed in 2015. I don't know if the pacemaker is laying on a nerve that is causing this, it's not painful but annoying. Have PM check scheduled end of July.

Tingling Sensation

by Poper - 2017-07-05 15:50:14

Check to see if your left arm is swollen.  Or if you have a stiff neck on the left side.  Stenosis of the vein housing the PM could be the problem and you will need to get the vein opened back up through a procedure called a venogram.   

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