Eyelid Twitching
The muscles around the eyelid can be affected by a wide range of movement complaints. The most common disorders are Benign Essential Blepharospasm and Hemifacial Spasms.
Benign Essential Blepharospasm describes an involuntary closure of the eyes. It can present itself as rapid and frequent blinking, forced eyelid closure or an inability to initiate eyelid opening. Often, it can be a combination of these different manifestations of the condition.
Usually eyelid twitching will resolve itself within a couple of days or weeks but if it persists try to determine the cause in order to speed up the process. Consider going to bed a little earlier, cutting out caffeine or alcohol or finding ways to reduce or manage your stress. You can also try lubricating eye drops to add moisture to your eyes. If you take notice of when the spasms are happening and what else is going on in your life at that time (time of day, food intake, stress level, exhaustion) you can make some changes that will stop or prevent eye twitching from occurring. Treatment for severe eye twitching may include Botox injections to paralyze the eye muscles or surgery to remove the contributing eye muscles.