worriermama
15-09-18, 22:26
Hi all,
I'm a veteran twitcher (almost 20 years), and it usually doesn't bother me anymore, but I've got one thing that's bothering me the past couple months, and I'm bothered enough to post here about it. This is going to be long-winded because I like to be thorough!
Basically 2-3 months ago I noticed that when I pucker my lips, like to drink through a straw or take a sip of a beverage, there's one muscle on my lower lip near the corner of my mouth that sometimes takes a second or two longer to release/relax after I go back to the neutral mouth position. So it's like I pucker and release, and everything relaxes instantly, except for that one small muscle that stays contracted for an extra second. I feel it when it releases, similar to how a small twitch feels, like a little thump/pulse.
Background information, six months ago I had a mole excised from above my TOP lip on the same side. It was a deep incision with internal AND external sutures. I had a reaction to the stitches so there was a lot of trauma to the area and the upper lip on that side is ever so slightly "fallen" since the surgery. Do you think it's possible that a little nerve damage occurred above the lip that could affect the function of the lower lip? The scar/incision line is EXACTLY above the "faulty" muscle and starts right at the lip border, just on the top lip not the bottom.
Another piece of info which may be relevant is that I am pregnant and I have had terrible nausea with lots of dry heaving and vomiting. I felt like the lip twitch was getting better until the nausea got really bad for a few weeks, at which point it worsened. When I vomit or dry heave, it definitely causes my lower lip to contort/contract in a weird way that I imagine could irritate a muscle or nerve. I have also had bronchitis and have been coughing a ton. The spasm has definitely been worse since all the vomiting and coughing has been happening.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm hoping it's nerve damage from the minor surgery/scarring on the top lip plus a muscle pull/irritation from all the vomiting and coughing. Of course the big fear is ALS. I am not freaking out and I don't wish to. But I am thinking about it enough that I wanted to run it by some folks who understand HA and twitching anxiety.
If you read all this... thank you!
I'm a veteran twitcher (almost 20 years), and it usually doesn't bother me anymore, but I've got one thing that's bothering me the past couple months, and I'm bothered enough to post here about it. This is going to be long-winded because I like to be thorough!
Basically 2-3 months ago I noticed that when I pucker my lips, like to drink through a straw or take a sip of a beverage, there's one muscle on my lower lip near the corner of my mouth that sometimes takes a second or two longer to release/relax after I go back to the neutral mouth position. So it's like I pucker and release, and everything relaxes instantly, except for that one small muscle that stays contracted for an extra second. I feel it when it releases, similar to how a small twitch feels, like a little thump/pulse.
Background information, six months ago I had a mole excised from above my TOP lip on the same side. It was a deep incision with internal AND external sutures. I had a reaction to the stitches so there was a lot of trauma to the area and the upper lip on that side is ever so slightly "fallen" since the surgery. Do you think it's possible that a little nerve damage occurred above the lip that could affect the function of the lower lip? The scar/incision line is EXACTLY above the "faulty" muscle and starts right at the lip border, just on the top lip not the bottom.
Another piece of info which may be relevant is that I am pregnant and I have had terrible nausea with lots of dry heaving and vomiting. I felt like the lip twitch was getting better until the nausea got really bad for a few weeks, at which point it worsened. When I vomit or dry heave, it definitely causes my lower lip to contort/contract in a weird way that I imagine could irritate a muscle or nerve. I have also had bronchitis and have been coughing a ton. The spasm has definitely been worse since all the vomiting and coughing has been happening.
Anyway, that's about it. I'm hoping it's nerve damage from the minor surgery/scarring on the top lip plus a muscle pull/irritation from all the vomiting and coughing. Of course the big fear is ALS. I am not freaking out and I don't wish to. But I am thinking about it enough that I wanted to run it by some folks who understand HA and twitching anxiety.
If you read all this... thank you!