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Involuntary movements (EG, lip smacking, picking)
Involuntary movements are a clinical finding in which there are muscle contractions that are not intentional. These are caused by a variety of muscle and nerve disorders.
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A 36-year old asked:
Involuntary movements of the eye and lip. I have this small contractions of the lip and a small movement in the eye for about a month. What can it be.
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A 23-year old female asked:
Involuntary movements an issue? Have invol. Movements only when i try sleeping. Lip puckering/ twitching. Jaw moving. Muscle twitch. Face twitching.
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A member asked:
Can vagina n labia/lips open/expand by exhaling, n contract by inhaling during heavy breathing, n is it voluntary/involuntary pelvic muscles movement ?
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A 34-year old asked:
I have weird involuntary movement of my head, what's wrong?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have random, involuntary shivers that shake my head and shoulders. Not cold. Sometimes d/t air movement (like a fan). Friend concerned. Should I be?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Involuntary movement of head and shoulders just has movement getting worse
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A 40-year old female asked about a 89-year old female:
Are some mild involuntary head and mouth movements normal in elderly, (89) or are they only caused by medications like Seroquel (quetiapine)?
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A 35-year old male asked:
This stems from my addiction to meth, I am now sober. The past 4 years Ive had the following symptoms: involuntary movement of the jaw and head muscles, jaw clenches harder and harder the more I eat. Why is this happening? Any remedies? Neurological?
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A 57-year old male asked:
I am experiencing constant, repetitive, involuntary movements and twitches in my mouth, stomach, abdomen, and legs. Have anxiety & depress. Take med?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My son is 3 years, 5 months. He has recently started having occasional episodes where he inhales as if short of breath while sitting or without moving. He has also for the last few days had frequent involuntary neck/head movement. No pain complains. ?
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A 45-year old female asked:
My uncle recently began to have involuntary movements of the arms, legs, feet and mouth (like a breathing fish) with movements of tongue inside mouth?
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A 22-year old female asked:
10 months these head symptoms every second every day/night. Off balance, dizzy, lightheaded, impaired speech, head pain, swaying feeling, brain fog, involuntary eye movement, syncope (once) ENT say not vertigo. Meds no help. Bloodwork normal. Ideas?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Hi i m experiencing involuntary muscle movemnts, i had a kind of head injury 2 years back,is it dangerous to hv muscle movmnt?
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A 40-year old female asked about a female:
7 year old will make jerking movement and begin smacking lips during sleep. This happens at different times during sleep. EEG came back normal. Cause?
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A member asked:
I am experiencing an involuntary pulling downward in my face, lip and below lip. It happens several times a day and started with twitching of lip. ?
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A female asked:
Is lower lip tighteness and restricted movement 3 weeks after genioplasty (advanced forward and widening) normal? Any exercises to elevate it?
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A female asked:
Does lip augmentation limit mobility of the lip area? Is there any chance the movement of my lips will be affected by lip augmentation?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Zit on chin near lip, swollen near zit, also looks like fat lip. once able to pop zit, now painful to movement/touch, suggestions?
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A 40-year old female asked:
I have been afraid to ask but for a month now off and on I have been having jerking movements and lip twitching. What causes this?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Is it possible to repair the facial nerve 7 but just on the endings in the upper lip? I had a jaw surgery 7 months ago and it was severed but fortunately not the full branch. It's bothering me because I don't have movement there and it's numb?
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A 48-year old female asked:
What causes twitching on top of upper lip,appears after I strain lips,like pursing,eating,smiling a lot,any upper lip straining, can lasts for several minutes...it's happening for 9 days now?It feels like lot of movement but it's almost invisible.
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A 27-year old female asked about a 24-year old male:
Almost fainted, lips turned blue. Went to ER, said I have severe constipation & enlarged heart. Still no bowl movement 12hr after Lax, back to ER?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Dark stool not black or tarry just dark brown 2 bowel movements within 24 hrs. I bit my lip severely that day causing very bad bleeding while I was eating I swallowed blood. Would that color my stool?
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A 55-year old female asked:
I have long standing uneven swollen left Parotid. new symptoms. Swelling is near my temple & on cheekbone. Numb lips sometimes chin. My mouth feel puffed with cotton wool. Speaking movement slight changes uneven. No tumour. What could it be Lymphoma?
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A female asked:
Moments of involuntary shaking and twitching. It starts in the hands & soon i feel it in my arms. I feel dizzy & really weak. When i try to talk, the words first come out stuttered. But then it gets more difficult. My lips tense up & and my cheeks fill wi
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A 30-year old female asked:
Left eye pain with movement, problems with hot and cold, migraines, upper lip and nose numbness, left sided face numbness? What causes this?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Burning ache bottom of left maxillary sinus. Tightness in movement top lip from corner of nose to mouth when opening. that Sinus stuffy others ok?
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A 49-year old male asked about a 48-year old male:
Is a numb left hand only <5 min with normal movement,temp to lip a complexmigraine if you have history of Migraine Aura and Panic attack or maybe TIA?
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A 16-year old female asked:
Uh so, is it normal for like. ur brain to jus. hurt really bad when ur holding movements back? cus some people told me its tics cus it happens. quite a bit, also with involuntary mimicking of people and im quite confused?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I've been taking 25mg Benadryl (diphenhydramine) 2-3 time a day for about 6 months for involuntary movements. What can I expect as withdrawal symptoms if I stop?
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