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Muscle twitching in legs could it be a start of parkinson's disease?

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Dr. Eric Weisman answered

Specializes in Neurology

Not likely: Micrographia often is the earliest sign of Parkinson.s disease. (redution in the size of hand writing. Blance issues and difficluty with initiation of mobement may come next along with a pill rolling tremor of one hand. Twitching and muscle loss in the legs can be caused by many conditions. (ALS-diabetic amyotrophy, neuropathy, spinal cord syndromes etc)

Answered 5/20/2014

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