Talk:Fasciculation

Other Inducing Factors
I'm glad I found this article.. I believe it describes what I've been having for years and couldn't figure out until now

i want to clarify that fasciculations, if that's what they are, can be induced by hitting or flexing the localized muscles, such as in the eyes and neck after sneezing, as well as by relaxing the muscles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.187.207.205 (talk) 04:32, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
This incurable disease is very serious, but very rare. People who are reading this article for answers may freak out and obsess over the possibilities. That's why I added that little comment. Mdriver1981 01:56, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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I recorded three small vids with my digital camera when I had a small twitch on my left arm one day...perhaps so I could contribute public domain vids for people to see what it looks like. I do strength/resistance/weight training once a week due to my busy work schedule, and I've been exercising at the gym on and off for at least 3 years now. I've had 'em before, and my mom has shown me at least once when she had one, so I know she's had 'em, too (maybe it's genetic/hereditary?). I don't take any drugs, and the only supplements I take are a multivitamin once a day, protein powder, and hemp seed oil for essential fatty acids. I have no diseases nor any complications that I am aware of. I work at a hospital and am up-to-date with shots and have had routine lab works done, and I haven't been pulled to the side for anything, so I'm assuming there's nothing too abnormal about me. I've had muscle twitches very rarely but have had them since I could remember. I uploaded the three vids to a host site, so if anyone could tell me how to convert them from AVI to OGG and upload them for public domain on Wikipedia, visit my talk page and either e-mail me at my gmail address or send me a msg on myspace. Zeryphex (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 15:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation?
Can someone please add the phonetics after the article title? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.16.241.202 (talk) 15:32, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Make it more pedagogic and less frigthening
If people experience fasciculations and finally find out that is what they are called, they will read this article and see the names of terrible and incurable diseases like ALS and will cause them a lot of anxiety and distress. But the plain fact of the matter is that diseases like ALS are extremely rare, and people do experience fasciculations for other reasons: For instance, simple malnutrition like Hypovitaminosis D (Vitamin D defieciency) can cause these fasciculations, muscle weakness, etc..

For that reason I think the article ought to be redrafted and more common reasons for fasciculations be mentioned as well to give a more balanced view and cause less anxiety.--NuclearWarhead (talk) 15:47, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

re Image requested
Are these images of any interest? --Traveler100 (talk) 18:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Anticholinergic drugs citation
There's a lengthy section under risk factors detailing the effects of Anticholinergic drugs on benign fasciculations, yet there's no apparent citation anywhere for it. This is reflected on the article for Benign Fasciculation Syndrome where an actual citation is present. It was most likely added from the information on the page for fasciculations, but there's no citation there either.

Where did this information come from? There's no reference material for the entire "Other medications" section. 107.77.200.126 (talk) 11:27, 3 July 2018 (UTC)