Plenty of shut-eye should solve it - used to be called myokymia I think -
and when we were students were teased about it being due to
overwork/reading late at night. Are you due a holiday??
Regards,
Anita (GP)
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> From: Dr Mark Trowell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Gp-Uk (E-mail) <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fasiculation
> Date: 25 September 1998 15:48
>
> I have a problem with one of the muscles in my orbicularis occis
> (spelling?). The thing has now been twitching for over two weeks
> continuously just above my left eye. It used to do it intermittently
> before, but now it's constant with only occasional sudden pauses. It
then
> builds back up to a crescendo.
>
> It's not painful, as such, just rather like having a mild stinging nettle
> being applied left hand side of my face.
>
> HELP!
>
> Mark
>
> Dr G Mark Trowell
> Highbridge Medical Centre
> Pepperall Road
> HIGHBRIDGE
> Somerset
> TA9 3YA
>
> (01278) 783220
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