twitching in hand

[Olive]

ive been having twitches mainly in my little finger, index finger and thumb for quiet a few months now, mainly at night either in bed or on the computer (i think because im not doing anything) i asked the dr the other day and shes sending me for bloodtest for potassium and calcium, liver function and a few other things, should i be worried??? ive googled and shouldnt have anyone else had hand twitching???

[Miss.B]

Hi hun, yes, I've had some weird twitching in my fingers over the last few months, but I'm too scared to see my doc, I've convinced myself it's early stages of the parkinson disease. I usually self diagnose myself, and then worry myself silly without getting professianal opinion I'm pretty sure it's nothing to worry about....

It might be something to do with your computer, ie typing every day. I work in the office and I'm typing a lot of the time, so maybe it's the strain from that???????

[Olive]

im glad im not the only one then!! dr also suggested maybe getting some nerve studies done, will see if the bloodtest reveil anything

[Miss.B]

GL sweetie, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about! I also thought I was the only one with those twitches as my friend was telling me it's all in my head lol. After all, I do come up with a new medical condition every other week, so she just ignores me most of the time ha ha

[Olive]

i was thinking it was all in my head initially as well but soon realised it wasnt! i'll let you know how i go, will be a week or so as im on ab's so cant have the bloodtest done yet

[Miss.B]

Cool, keep me posted hun! I haven't had it for a few weeks, but every time I get it I show it to my DF and of course he can't see it twitching (but I can feel it) so he says it's a cramp. Men, they have an explanation for everything !

[*LittleMissSummer*]

When i had my horse riding accident, i had a compound fracture and with that i had some nerve damage in my arm and sometimes my fingers wont work and they twitch especially when i try and write. It can be embarassing because it does it randomly and so my writing goes from neat to what the hell is going on!!!! and oh my god the pain is unbearable sometimes. But i have a plate in my arm so im thinking its that.

[HotI]

There are some 'benign' conditions that cause twitches. I know one is called essential tremor. It is different to Parkinson's, but can present similarly at the start.

If your dr doesn't find anything, and it gets worse or you are still concerned ask to see a neurologist. But if the actual twitching doesn't worry you too much, i wouldn't stress too much about what it could be.

take care

[[M]umma[M]ia]

happens to me all the time. Mines from just nerves. Its how ur body is postoined at the time. Mine hands twitch alot if i hold it in a half egg shape. My eyelids twitch all the time. But if i get up and move around, it stops.

[Olive]

thanks kate, she mentioned having nerve testing done if it continues, i noticed i get it in my legs too at night, i didnt think i did

t4ab ouch that must have hurt!! lucky i dont have any pain.

hollye ive had the eyelid twitch etc before too but this is very different, its not how my body is positioned as it more often than not doesnt stop when i move

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Fortunately for me when i fell off the horse i instantly went into shock and adreniline (sp?) kicked in so i didn't feel much pain, it was weird though because i knew my arm was broken but it didnt hurt just felt really heavy. It was scary when i couldnt wiggle my fingers for a couple of days after my surgery, i still cant bend my little finger, sometimes my fingers seize and i can't move them at all so thats always fun haha.

[Olive]

i forgot to update this, i need to take magnesium which will hopefully stop the twitching, though im getting more at the moment, will see how the magnesium goes!

[Liviam]

Great news that you only need magnesium.