A: Muscle twitching is very common, especially when people have had too much coffee, too much stress, or not enough sleep. Muscle twitches can happen for lots of reasons, like stress, too much caffeine, a poor diet, exercise, or as a side effect of some medicines. Lots of people get twitches in the eyelid, thumb, or calf muscles. These types of twitches usually go away after a few days. Early symptoms of ALS are usually characterized by muscle weakness, tightness spasticity , cramping, or twitching fasciculations.
This stage is also associated with muscle loss or atrophy. Muscle spasms may feel like a slight twitch or a painful cramp, and they can occur in the muscles in any part of the body. Muscle spasms can last just a few seconds or up to several minutes, but they tend to go away on their own without any treatment. Fasciculations are a common symptom of ALS. Primary symptoms include muscle twitching all over body, muscle spasm and stiffness, labored breathing, difficulty in speaking, mastication and swallowing and poor coordination.
Muscle weakness and even complete body paralyses may ensue later on. A drug called Riluzole is a favored treatment; however, it only delays the advancement of the disease.
It is a batch of inherited muscle diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and congenital muscular dystrophy are some. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common one that affects only males of young age.
Major symptoms include muscle weakness which commences from the legs and the pelvic region, resulting in constant falling and struggling to rise from a sitting or lying position and progressive decline in muscle skills.
Treatment revolves around restoring muscles and delaying the advancement of the condition. Prednisone is often prescribed; however, it may have long term harmful effects.
Aids like wheelchair, walkers and braces may be used. Besides, performing flexibility exercises is recommended. This belongs to neuromuscular disorder in which the main symptom is frailty and instability of muscles.
Muscle twitching all over body and muscle rigidity are also common symptoms. These disorders can be inherited or acquired. Treatment depends on the cause of the condition.
A unified approach of medicines and physical therapy is needed to help the patient function. Supportive aids like braces are also used. Yeah, actually, I forgot to mention that. I drink so much milk that I don't even think to mention vitamin D because I get so much of it! You have to be careful not to take too much but a glass or two per day should be enough though. Doing research on the subject I discovered that if you live in a climate where there is not much sunshine or are unable to go outside due to winter weather you are more likely to have this defiency.
So while for most people a couple glasses of milk will take care of their Vit D levels some it will not. If you really want to know if you are low in Vit D a simple blood test will tell. Just a little bit of sun per day can really make a difference for vitamin D. I seem to remember thinking that bananas also were a good source as well, although maybe I'm mistaken. That's a good idea though to get a blood test. Guest over a year ago In reply to healthnfitnessguy on - click to read.
Let your doctor know if:. Getting enough sleep, avoiding too much caffeine, and eating healthy foods like lots of fruits and vegetables , can help prevent some muscle twitches. They're also good ways to stay healthy overall!
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