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Can a tattoo removal on my neck cause phrenic nerve damage?

August 24, 2018
Asked By:randerson87 in Carrollton, GA

I’ve been to er 8-9 times, shortness of breath, chest feels like it’s going to explode, pain in upper abdomen, jaws clenched, numbness in face and tongue, sharp stabbing pains in left side of chest . Everything checks out to be fine. I do have gerd but I feel it’s not that. Symptoms getting worse weekly/daily. I have been getting a tattoo removed from my neck for the last year and that’s when everything started going wrong with stabbing chest pains too if stomach pains now my jaw and face.

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Answer: Not possible

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