Should there be swelling of fingers, a stinging, cutting, burning, throbbing pain up and down the arm, into the shoulders? Are all is these symptoms related to tennis elbow? What about swelling of the outer side of the elbow? Is am in excruciating pain now for 3+ months. I can barely lift my arm any more. I need HELP to figure out if this is simply tennis elbow, or can it be symptoms of something my life-threatening.