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Muscle twitching short episodes throughout body for last few months - mostly while still at night- what causes this- only last few seconds usually?

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Stress: Could be stress. This can cause little twitches, or lack of sleep or electrolyte changes. Usually nothing to

Answered 5/27/2018

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