You're relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it's a muscle in your arm, your leg, or ...

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Ever sit in a chair and feel twitching in your eye? Or maybe your calf muscle. You may suffer from benign fasciculation syndrome. Dr. Jerry Fleishman of Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center talks ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MDMedically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Almost all of us will have experienced a fasciculation at one time or another. A fasciculation is simply a ...

A 'devoted mother' has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) after her symptoms were initially mistaken for benign muscle twitches caused by stress. Holly Turner, 45, had already lost her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They're called hypnagogic jerks. Here's why they might be happening. While the brain controls when and how we move, there are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images It tends to happen when you’re just about to drift off where your legs or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County Jail officer who attacked an inmate in the throes of involuntary muscle twitches has a history of mistreating inmates and made offensive Facebook comments about ...

Hemifacial spasms happen when a blood vessel puts excess pressure on a facial nerve, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). They can also be caused by external nerve ...

Infectious agents can cause muscle twitching and spasms, too. The most commonly known is probably tetanus, which causes a phenomenon called lockjaw, where the neck and jaw muscles contract to the ...