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Having twitching on face and in head along with pain. feels like face is going numb and having tingling in arm. what could this be?

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Many things: This could be many things. Anything as benign as a muscular contraction, tension headache, migraine headache or something more serious. I would suggest discussing it with your doctor.

Answered 3/11/2014

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