Finger twitching on left hand Posted: 02-05-08 12:45pm
I am a healthy 31-year-old male. I'm a
designer. I work on my computer most of
the day. My left hand does shortcut keys
while my right hand controls the mouse. A
month ago my middle finger on my left hand
started to twitch to the side while
working. Now it twitches a lot even when
not working. I have no family history of
neurological disorders (like Parkinson's).
Has anyone had this experience before?
If so, what did you do?
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briannarenee
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Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 1
thumb twitching on left hand Posted: 08-27-08 14:00pm
Did you ever get any responses to this?
This morning my fingers started twitching
on my left hand, almost as getting
shocked. Now all afternoon my thumb has
been twitching uncontrollably, comes and
goes. It does it for about 5 or 10
seconds and then stops. But now my whole
hand feels kinda funny and almost like I
don't have as much control in it as my
right hand. It's even slightly tricky to
open a bottle of water. Anyway, I'm a 28
year old female, and I too am designer and
use my left hand for shortcuts. I'm
thinking it's probably from using the
space bar, though. Have you looked into
Carpal Tunnel? I wonder if this is
probably a symptom. I feel like I have
these weird little pulses in my hand, and
there's no way I could wiggle the tip of
my thumb as fast as it twitches. Very
strange!
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needhelp420
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 08-27-08 17:01pm
It could be Carpal Tunnel (CTS) as my
friend (who is also a designer) had these
same symptoms but she also had uncommon
wrist/arm twitches as well.
Early Parkinson's or Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis (ALS) often start in hands
and/or feet.
If you can, i'd get it checked out just to
be safe. Sometimes these turn out to be
nothing but a weird phase in your body,
but with you both being designers it may
be CTS.
