Having A Involantory Twiching On The Middle Finger Of My Toe Since 3 Weeks

Posted on Tue, 1 Sep 2020

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Having a involantory twiching on the middle finger of my toe since 3 weeks.Happens around 10-15 times in a day and stays for 4-5 seconds.Any remedy? Tnx

Answered by Dr. Dr. Parth Goswami (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Electrolyte Deficiency or Muscle fatigue by excess movement.Detailed Below

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome to 'Ask a Doctor' service.

Following is my opinion for your asked question.

Muscle twitching for such a short duration could be due to Muscle fatigue by excesss muscle work like gaming or texting excessively on XXXXXXX If your twitching is painful than anti inflammatory drug should be taken or else no need to worry about that.

If you are not using XXXXXXX much(means for long time like 5-6 hour per day) than sometime electrolyte deficiency like calcium or magnesium deficiency could be responsible. You can take calcium and magnesium containing tablet for that.

In short, these 2 reason could be responsible for such short time muscle twitching. If still your problem doesn't solved and twitching increasing than neurological examination should be done for further work up.

Hope this will help you.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Best regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Parth Goswami (37 hours later)

Occurs sometimes on index or thumb finger in right hand and sometimes with middle finger of right toe. 5-10 sec for ~10-20 times a day. been there since ~4 weeks. I use computer ~3 hrs. If it%E2%80%99s a deficiency How long might it take to resolve? Any remedy for this i can take ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Parth Goswami (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Follow up question. Detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome back.

Following is my answer for your follow up question.

You can start over the counter available calcium and Magnesium containing supplement. Meanwhile before starting such supplement, I suggest you investigate with serum calcium, vitamin D and magnesium estimation.

If your twitching don't improve within 2 week of starting supplement than you should visit nearby physician for your physical and neurological nerve examination.

Hope I have answered your question.

Let me know if I can assist you further.

Best regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj