My right eye keeps twitching for a week.
Although modern medical science has long confirmed that the common saying that "a twitching of the left eye brings wealth and a twitching of the right eye" has no scientific basis, there are still many people (especially in rural areas) who come to see a doctor because of twitching eyelids. This shows that the phenomenon of eyelid twitching is common and people do not know the cause of eyelid twitching. So
Why do eyelids jump?
In medicine, eyelids are called eyelids. There are two kinds of muscles in the eyelids. One is called the orbicularis oculi muscle, which is shaped like a wheel and surrounds the eyes. When it contracts, the eyelids close; the other muscle is called the levator palpebrae superioris muscle. When it contracts, the eyes open. These two muscles continuously contract and relax, so the eyes can open and close. If the nerves that control these two muscles are stimulated by some factors and the two muscles are excited at the same time, they will contract repeatedly, even spasm or tremble, and the eyelids will beat involuntarily. When eyelid twitching occurs, most people feel it clearly, but others cannot see it. Only a few people can be seen by others.
Is there any treatment for eyelid twitching?
Eyelid twitching can be divided into two types: physiological and pathological.
Physiological eyelid twitching does not require treatment. Many people have experienced physiological eyelid twitching. The onset is transient, the onset time is very short, often only a few seconds, and the twitching degree is not serious. This kind of eyelid twitching generally does not require special treatment. As long as you close your eyes and rest for a while, perform local massage or hot compress, the eyelid twitching will disappear.
Pathological eyelid twitching requires treatment. Some people not only experience eyelid twitching, but also twitching of the corners of the mouth and half of the face, and feel nausea and dizziness. This kind of eyelid twitching can only be stopped after the cause is found and eliminated. Causes include fatigue, stress and illness. The more serious pathological eyelid twitching is caused by hemifacial spasm. This kind of eyelid twitching is a sign of intracranial disease. It is mainly caused by the facial nerve that controls the muscle movement of the eyelids being compressed by blood vessels, resulting in abnormal nerve impulses. It is difficult to heal on its own. You should ask a neurosurgeon for examination and treatment as soon as possible. Therefore, if eyelid twitching occurs for a long time and gradually worsens, you should go to the hospital in time.
Causes of twitching eyelids
Many people think that eyelids twitch when something good or bad happens.
Medically speaking, the scientific name of eyelid twitching is "eyelid tremor", which is mainly caused by the repeated contraction of a very thin muscle in the eyelids - the orbicularis muscle. There are two reasons. One is due to rest, Lack of sleep, or due to anemia, excessive smoking and drinking, or eye diseases, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, conjunctivitis, keratitis...
Treatment method: On the one hand, you must pay attention to rest. If it is serious, you can take an appropriate amount of quinine. If it is particularly serious, you should go to the hospital!
In addition to quoting scientific theories, I will make a simple analysis of the possible consequences of eyelid twitching. If a person's eyelids always twitch, it may be due to the above-mentioned reasons such as improper rest or fatigue; Stopping with your eyelids twitching will inevitably make you feel uneasy. It may really lead to some accidents or mistakes while working. If you are walking, riding a bicycle or even driving on the road, there is a high possibility of causing an accident. This is basically As for the "disaster" caused by eyelid twitching, as for the "money" caused by twitching, I'm afraid it can only be far-fetched!
With the acceleration of the pace of life, eyelid twitching has increasingly troubled people’s work and life, especially when the seasons change. For a long time, because facial neurology has no unified and standardized diagnosis and treatment standards, there are different opinions on "eyelid twitching", which are either one-sided or blind, resulting in many misunderstandings in treatment and prevention.
1. Some people think that eyelid twitching does not matter. There is a folk saying that "twitching of the left eye will bring wealth, and twitching of the right eye will bring disaster". They especially don't care about the twitching of the left eye, which results in delaying the disease; 2. Some people I'm too sensitive, my eyelids just jumped, go to treatment immediately. Expecting "instant results" to be good quickly, panicking, and not considering the consequences. As a result, what was originally an easy-to-treat common disease has turned into an extremely difficult-to-treat disease. 3. Confused or uncertain symptoms. It is mistaken that eyelid twitching is treated as spasm, and some people even treat eyelid twitching caused by the sequelae of facial paralysis as spasm.
After analyzing more than 8,000 clinical visual cases of facial nerve diseases, Sun Liangui, president of Beijing Yijiyuan Facial Neurology Institute, believes that whether it is eyelid twitching or hemifacial spasm, in addition to space-occupying lesions, Mostly due to factors such as mental stress, eye muscle fatigue, lack of sleep, precursors to chronic diseases, and sequelae of facial paralysis, nerve function conduction is weakened, eye nutrition is insufficient, capillaries and nerve endings form contact adhesions, which affect muscles, leading to involuntary beat. The contact area between capillaries and nerve endings increases, and changes from contact adhesion to linear adhesion, from beating to twitching, resulting in hemifacial spasm, with the focus also on the eyes. From a diagnostic point of view, there is a clear difference between simple eyelid twitching and hemifacial spasm. In simple eyelid twitching, there is generally no sunken facial muscles, asymmetric nasolabial folds, or linear atrophy zones on the cheeks; when blinking, the orbicularis oris muscle does not A sense of pull.
In fact, eyelid twitching is something that everyone may encounter in life, and most people can disappear on their own within a short period of time. Therefore, when the eyelids just twitch, do not seek treatment immediately. Instead, pay more attention to rest, relax and maintain a good attitude. At the same time, pay attention to observe whether the eyelid twitching gradually decreases or increases, and whether there is a downward trend and expansion trend. A linear pulling sensation from around the eyes to the corners of the mouth. In addition, look in the mirror to see and feel if there are any obvious atrophy (sunken areas). If your eyelids still twitch after a week, you should go to a professional medical institution for diagnosis and treatment.