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Can stress / anxiety cause physical manifestations of facial twitches?

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Yes: These are.Relatively common symptoms of stress. As with all persistent symptoms, there may be other causes and your doctor should be able to help you rule those out.

Dr Ali and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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