Fleetlord
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I'm a little frustrated as I either cannot find a clear answer as to what type of twitching I'm having, or I don't understand the answers...
I am experiencing the following...
Random slight contractions of muscle that are focused in one spot of the muscle. It can contract once, or it can go on like a blinking light. I cannot see any rippling under the skin. The muscle just jumps. It can happen in my bicep, tricep, shoulder, thumb and side of hand(those move the finger). They feel like a centralized "flex" of the muscle, like a POP inside my bicep or tricep...Feels like my bicep is flexing its bicep...
Are those fasicualtions or myclonus?
I have some twitches that I CAN SEE in my calfs. They don't ripple, I can see the muscle flex and release slightly. I don't feel them as much in my calves...less intense, but they happen more frequently..
So, I've been to the Neuro. Had the MRI's, EMG, NCV.
Legs showed some abnormalites in thighs on EMG correlating to a "spinal issue" at L3/L4 MRI is showing a congenital canal narrowing at that level. Spinal cord involvement is suspected, but not clear. Radiculopothy is the diagnosis. Neuro said other "fasiculations" are benign and anxiety related..
Seems fasicualtions is just a generalized term for "muscle twitch", but the definition I see everywhere specifies visible, rippling muscle under the skin. I don't seem to have that anywhere but my calves, even then it doesn't ripple...
I'm having a back ache (intermittent), thigh weakness (both), buring down both legs from knee down, intermittent numbness in both legs, and the "twitching".
Another doctor suspects I have MS, however. Reason being I'm having some "Carpal Tunnel" like troubles in my right hand, but the NCV loss wasn't severe enough. I was about .04ms too latent on the nerve conduction. Slight sensory, dexterity,pain issues.
MRI showed no lesions for MS.
My focus on twitching is that MS doesn't have rippling fasiculations like ALS. It has Myclonus, but I don't really know what they mean by that, or what type of twitching I'm having...
Any help is appreciated..
I am experiencing the following...
Random slight contractions of muscle that are focused in one spot of the muscle. It can contract once, or it can go on like a blinking light. I cannot see any rippling under the skin. The muscle just jumps. It can happen in my bicep, tricep, shoulder, thumb and side of hand(those move the finger). They feel like a centralized "flex" of the muscle, like a POP inside my bicep or tricep...Feels like my bicep is flexing its bicep...
Are those fasicualtions or myclonus?
I have some twitches that I CAN SEE in my calfs. They don't ripple, I can see the muscle flex and release slightly. I don't feel them as much in my calves...less intense, but they happen more frequently..
So, I've been to the Neuro. Had the MRI's, EMG, NCV.
Legs showed some abnormalites in thighs on EMG correlating to a "spinal issue" at L3/L4 MRI is showing a congenital canal narrowing at that level. Spinal cord involvement is suspected, but not clear. Radiculopothy is the diagnosis. Neuro said other "fasiculations" are benign and anxiety related..
Seems fasicualtions is just a generalized term for "muscle twitch", but the definition I see everywhere specifies visible, rippling muscle under the skin. I don't seem to have that anywhere but my calves, even then it doesn't ripple...
I'm having a back ache (intermittent), thigh weakness (both), buring down both legs from knee down, intermittent numbness in both legs, and the "twitching".
Another doctor suspects I have MS, however. Reason being I'm having some "Carpal Tunnel" like troubles in my right hand, but the NCV loss wasn't severe enough. I was about .04ms too latent on the nerve conduction. Slight sensory, dexterity,pain issues.
MRI showed no lesions for MS.
My focus on twitching is that MS doesn't have rippling fasiculations like ALS. It has Myclonus, but I don't really know what they mean by that, or what type of twitching I'm having...
Any help is appreciated..