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Als doc diagnosis was bfs. it seems everytime i walk around i get twitches in my calves thighs. some i can feel and some i can't feel is this normal at rest.
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Normal but unhealthy: It may be normal but it represents not being of good health. There are some things you can do easily to ease the situation as we have discussed earlier this evening.
Answered 3/31/2014
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