Symptoms of cancer are innumerable because more than 100 forms of the disease exist. Adding to the confusion is the fact that many of the warning signs are seemingly unrelated to the tumour’s point of origin. Sometimes, a malignancy can metastasise and travel to the part of the body where the nerves are centred, causing muscle twitches, spasms, or jerking.
Muscle twitches are caused by involuntary contractions, usually triggered by too much caffeine, for diet or exercise.
Several types of cancer, however, are also known to cause spasms.
Monika Wassermann, MD at Oliolussio, explained: “While seizures mostly arise from epilepsy, a brain tumour can irritate the brain’s neurons and cause tingling, twitching, or muscle contractions.
"If a tumour develops in the occipital lobe, temporal lobe, or brain stem, one may have double or blurred vision. Another indicator is eye-twitching."
According to the expert, the two body parts prone to twitching from cancer are the eyes, legs.
Where twitches occur, however, hinges on the location of the damaged nerves inside the body.
One nerve-related cancer, known as meningioma, is exclusively centred around the nervous system.
The malignancy is one of the most common types of primary brain tumours, but higher-grade meningioma remains extremely rare.
More at https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1613639/cancer-muscle-twitches-jerking-eyes-muscles
Muscle twitches are caused by involuntary contractions, usually triggered by too much caffeine, for diet or exercise.
Several types of cancer, however, are also known to cause spasms.
Monika Wassermann, MD at Oliolussio, explained: “While seizures mostly arise from epilepsy, a brain tumour can irritate the brain’s neurons and cause tingling, twitching, or muscle contractions.
"If a tumour develops in the occipital lobe, temporal lobe, or brain stem, one may have double or blurred vision. Another indicator is eye-twitching."
According to the expert, the two body parts prone to twitching from cancer are the eyes, legs.
Where twitches occur, however, hinges on the location of the damaged nerves inside the body.
One nerve-related cancer, known as meningioma, is exclusively centred around the nervous system.
The malignancy is one of the most common types of primary brain tumours, but higher-grade meningioma remains extremely rare.
More at https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1613639/cancer-muscle-twitches-jerking-eyes-muscles
