The muscle twitches known to the general public are technically unwanted contractions of the muscles. These can occur regularly or at irregular intervals. Usually individual muscle fibers are affected, but bundles of muscle fibers or even the entire muscle can also be affected.
This then leads to uncontrolled movements of the affected body part. In most cases, the muscle twitches are harmless and disappear on their own after a short time. If they persist, serious illnesses can be behind them.
Causes/Symptoms
In order to be able to determine cause and symptoms more precisely, one must first distinguish between pathogenic causes, as causes due to pathological changes, and harmless muscle twitches. The following articles may also be of interest to you:
- The cause of harmless muscle twitching is often psychological, for example when you are under increased stress or your muscles have been severely strained by excessive training. In this case, the muscle twitches may be annoying, but they disappear on their own after a while.
- The situation is different in the case of muscle twitches, which are the cause of pathogenic changes. These can be, for example, disorders of the nervous system, an example of this is the so-called tick, where the contraction of individual muscle fibers or muscle groups leads to involuntary movements such as frequent blinking.
- Another cause can be epilepsy, which can lead to seizure-like uncontrollable muscle twitches.
- Even very high fever and a severely hypoglycaemic diabetic can suffer from muscle twitching.
- Much better known in connection with muscle twitching are Parkinson’s disease, the nerve disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Even if the interaction between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is disturbed in the autonomic nervous system, this can lead to muscle twitches.
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