What should I do if my eyelids twitch?

Eyelid twitching has physiological and pathological reasons. For example, long-term lack of rest and sleep or eating spicy food may cause this symptom. Of course, if the eyelid twitching lasts too long and the blinking amplitude is large, it may be caused by eyelid spasm. Of course, treatment must first determine the cause and then take treatment measures.

1. For physiological eyelid twitching, if it is mild, you can close your eyes and take a rest. If it affects your work and study, you can use finger massage: press your temple with your thumb, and use the tip of your index finger to stroke from the inside of the eye (inner canthus) to the outside of the eye (outer canthus), massaging the upper and lower eyelids alternately.

2. Drug treatment.

This situation applies to pathological eyelid twitching. The main function is to relieve symptoms but not to cure the disease. Taking sedatives or anticonvulsant drugs has serious side effects and unsatisfactory effects. For example, drugs such as diazepam and carbamazepine.

3. Drug injection.

Select special injection points on the patient's twitching muscles and inject botulinum toxin. This treatment method is simple, effective, and has few side effects. However, a single injection can only last for about three months and requires continuous treatment.

4. Surgical treatment.

During surgery, the blood vessels that are compressing the eyelids are moved out of the way. This method has the most obvious therapeutic effect and the least side effects, but it is necessary to prevent accidental injury to nerves during the surgical treatment, which can easily lead to surgical accidents.