Seventy-year-old left shoulder pain may be rotator cuff injury, frozen shoulder, cervical spondylosis, calcific tendonitis, tumors, heart disease and so on.
1. Rotator cuff injury: the elderly mostly suffer from joint degeneration and osteoporosis, and it is easy to injure the muscles or tendons in the rotator cuff area by falling or pulling, which is manifested as shoulder pain, loss of sensation, and restriction of activities.
2. Frozen shoulder: the cause is aseptic inflammation of the tendons and soft tissues around the shoulder joint, which is mainly manifested as pain in the left shoulder with activity limitation.
3. Cervical spondylosis: caused by long-term exertion, cervical spine degeneration, etc. When cervical spondylosis attack stimulates or compresses the nerve root of the left shoulder, neck pain and swelling, activity limitation with left shoulder pain will occur.
4. Calcific tendonitis: tendon degeneration, long-term injury, endocrine abnormalities and other people are prone to calcium deposition, triggering inflammation and recurrent shoulder pain and weakness.
5. Tumor: including bone tumor, lung cancer, etc. Tumor compression of nerves or blood vessels triggers pleural pain, which can spread and involve the left shoulder, typically characterized by pain, numbness, aggravated at night.
6. Heart disease: when myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and other heart diseases occur, there will be radioactive dull pain in the left shoulder, accompanied by chest tightness, dizziness, panic and other reactions.
The cause of left shoulder pain in the elderly is more complex, if the pain is not relieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible, after investigating the cause of the disease to take professional means of treatment.