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How can the axillary nerve be injured?
Axillary nerve injury can occur following shoulder dislocation or humerus fracture. These may be caused by over stretching the shoulder joint or direct trauma to the area.
What nerve goes under your armpit?
The axillary nerve, which is also called the circumflex nerve, emerges from the posterior cord of a network of nerves called the brachial plexus right at the level of the armpit.
What does a pinched nerve in armpit feel like?
Nerve compression (pinched nerves) in the armpit may cause armpit pain. It’s often a burning pain. You may also have weakness, tingling, or numbness in the hand or arm.
Can you pull a muscle under your armpit?
Your armpits and the surrounding chest and arm area are made up of blood vessels, nerves, and muscles. Like other muscles in your body, you can strain armpit muscles by overdoing things, like lifting something heavy. Symptoms of a muscle strain depend on how serious the strain is.
What are symptoms of axillary nerve damage?
Numbness over the deltoid muscle on the outside of the upper arm.
What is an axillary nerve injury?
Injury of axillary nerve (axillary neuropathy) is a condition that can be associated with a surgical neck of the humerus fracture. It can also be associated with a dislocated shoulder or with traction injury to the nerve, which may be caused by over-aggressive stretching or blunt trauma that does not result in fracture or dislocation.
What are the symptoms of axillary nerve compression?
feel numbness or tingling in the shoulder region
What is axillary nerve dysfunction?
Axillary nerve dysfunction is a form of peripheral neuropathy. It occurs when there is damage to the axillary nerve. This is the nerve that helps control the deltoid muscles of the shoulder and the skin around it. A problem with just one nerve, such as the axillary nerve, is called mononeuropathy.