Involuntary trembling of the lips, or tremor, is a very unpleasant condition. With tremor, it is uncomfortable to be among people, there are difficulties in getting to know each other. What to do if trembling lips bother you from time to time?
How do doctors explain tremor? And why is it that some types of tremor are easily treatable, and in some cases, it is only possible to suspend the development of the process for a while?
Causes of lip trembling
Why do some people's lips tremble? It happens that only one lip trembles, and sometimes both. Most of the time this problem is easily solved. There are some simple medical reasons:
- Lack of magnesium or vitamin B 12 provokes convulsive syndromes. You can get tested for B12 at the nearest clinic and find out for sure.
- Excessive nervousness. Especially in people of creative professions, who take everything very sharply, nervous tics may appear.
- Injury. After trauma to the skull, foci of excessive electrical activity may appear in the brain, leading to mild convulsions.
- Meningoencephalitis in the initial stage or other infectious diseases.
- The upper lip may tremble after cosmetic or dental procedures.
- The phenomenon of lip twitching may occur because the trigeminal facial nerve has a cold.
If the cause is heredity, then it will be difficult to cure the tremor, since the genesis of such phenomena is poorly understood.
Trembling lips. Treatment
Essential tremor is a neurological hereditary disease. Tremor was described in 1929 by Minor L. S. Constantly trembling lips are a reason to make an appointment with a neurologist.
Much easier to cure tremors associated with micronutrient deficiencies. Trembling lips - this may be the first harbinger of essential tremor, followed by twitching of the arms, neck, legs.
The reason for this condition is considered to be a violation in the descending pyramidal system, which is responsible for the transmission of impulses from the central nervous system to the muscles. These disturbances cause shaking when moving.
But to establish such a diagnosis, you must first conduct a differential diagnosis in order to discard all other diseases. Perhaps lip trembling is not a neurological symptom at all, but a signal from the endocrine system.
Treatment
How to react if a strange condition appeared at a fairly young age - trembling lips? If the phenomenon is associated simply with nervous overexertion, you can drink a course of sedatives. Or sign up for a pool or yoga - exercise has a good effect on the psyche. The lack of magnesium or other trace element is replenished in a fewmonths.
But when the cause of the twitching is hereditary essential tremor, then the treatment should be under the supervision of a neurologist. The neurologist usually prescribes pyridoxine and beta-blockers. This temporarily reduces the convulsive activity of the lips.
