Leg and arm twitches while sleeping

My three yr old sons legs and sometimes arms twitch while he sleeps at night.  When he was born and slept this happend to but the doctors put it off as sometimes babies muscles are'nt always completly developed when born and that alot of babies do this.  I was just wondering what this could possibly be had how serious it is?


This discussion is related to Muscle twitching in legs and arms.

[Dr_shreekant]

Does your son have these twitches even when awake? Is he well nourished? Does he consume milk or milk products/ supplementary Calcium? Sometimes  poor nutrition and calcium deficiency can cause such symptoms. Otherwise, if he has no other complaints like muscle weakness or limb deformity, there is no reason to be worried.