A member asked:

When i look under my tounge i stick it side to side to see to see the floor of my mouth and sometime my tounge twitches what causes this? should i be worried? it only does it when i do it side to side.

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Twitching tongue: An electrolyte problem of some sort would likely explain an issue like this. Either Magnesium, Calcium or potassium. Other possibility would include a fascial palsy. Causes could be lyme disease, Guillan-Barre Syndrome, Herpes simplex or zoster, otitis media, mastoiditis, temporal bone abscess, traua, intracranial lesions- tumors, avm.

Answered 12/18/2019

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