Many people are scared of getting heart attack if they have tingling sensation or numbness in left arm. However, it is the only symptom of getting an attack. It is natural to get upset and uncomfortable for a person if he experience tingling in left arm. Why there is tingling pain on the left arm or left hand? Whether it is indicative of getting heart attack?
Heart attack normally follows the symptoms of squeezing pain in the chest, restlessness, confusion, high blood pressure and profuse sweating. But there are some people who get silent massive attack without any of these symptoms. The pain originating in the chest region will radiate towards left shoulder and arm and spreads on the back. In addition the person may feel breathless and may have tingling pain in left arm.
This sort of pain can be ignored if you get it rarely but it can be indicative of serious disorder if it becomes chronic. You need to seek medical advice if you have regular tingling in left arm since it can be due to cardiovascular problem.
Diagnoses :
Your doctor will examine the body and analyze the symptoms. He may take electrocardiogram test for ruling out any abnormalities in the heart function.