United Kingdom
A 36-year-old male asked:

Spams /twitching on my nose for 6 weeks and now moved all over my body starting with my calves and thighs and pretty much everywhere , my doc wont see me because of covid and just says it will be anxiety , any ideas what it could be?

3 doctor answers6 doctors weighed in
Dr. Clarence Grim
Endocrinology 59 years experience
Twitching: My second guess would be low blood potassium.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
I would not even try to venture a guess at diagnosing the cause of your twitching without doing a medical assessment. Have you considered a telemedicine evaluation?
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Dr. Donald Colantino
Internal Medicine 63 years experience
The differential diagnosis here includes stress and benign fasciculation disorder as well as deficiencies of calcium,magnesium,potassium, vitamin D &requires blood tests for these. You could ask your pharmacist to recommend a magnesium supplement to try. If not improved, consult a neurologist for evaluation,diagnosis and treatment. Appropriate testing will be done.In the meantime avoid caffeine
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