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TonyS

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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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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

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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.
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