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Chin Muscle Spasm

hi

I keep getting muscle spasms in my chin somtimes it occurs during a movement eg when something falls out of my hand i get it or i just get it like that. Will this go away with muscle relaxants over time or will stay. And what medication will be right for me to take


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Did you ever receive a medical diagnosis for your chin twitches/spasms that sometime occur when you drop something?  My son has been having same symptoms with no diagnosis yet. Hope you are well and this situation has gone away.
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Nice of the Dr to work you into a frenzy...

You seemed to zero right in on the mention of MS (don't we all?).  You ignored the part where he said it could be benign.
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could it also be because i have low magnesuim or potassuim in my diet ?
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Have i got multiple sclerosis ?
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so what you saying do i have MS will my chin muscle spasm go away even if i have MS
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Hi there.  There are certain causes responsible for muscle twitching like diet deficiency, drug overdose, and side effects of diuretics, corticosteroids, estrogens, exercise, benign twitches, and nervous system conditions like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, muscle dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy and myopathy. Your neurologist needs to look into these conditions one by one. The other possible cause could be multiple sclerosis and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI in addition, a spinal tap. Therefore, it would be prudent to consult your neurologist with these concerns. Causes of strokes can be investigated like high blood pressure and high cholesterol along with brain hemorrhage. Take care.
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