Sometimes our bodies do odd things. A friend recently asked me about her twitchy eye, and my own eye muscles twitch once in a while. Have you ever wondered why? The medical term is blepharospasm, and ...
Though eyelid twitching (technically called myokymia) can feel disconcerting, the good news is that it’s typically fleeting and harmless. Nevertheless, when you’re in the throes of the mini muscle ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – It’s uncomfortable, distracting and it just won’t stop. It’s called ocular myokymia or commonly known as eyelid twitching. In this segment of Health Spotlight on “Life.Style.Live ...
Q: Sometimes my eyelid twitches on and off for days – weeks, even. It’s distracting and irritating. How do I get it to stop? And should I be concerned? A: Eyelid spasms, while annoying, are “rarely a ...
If you’ve ever developed an eye twitch, you’ll know how disconcerting it can be. But thankfully, according to ophthalmologists, that irritation is likely nothing to worry about. “The medical word for ...
Hemifacial spasms happen when a blood vessel puts excess pressure on a facial nerve, per the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). They can also be caused by external nerve ...
If you’ve ever experienced an eye twitch, you know just how irritating it can be. While usually not dangerous, it can seemingly appear out of nowhere, sometimes last for weeks, and then disappear just ...
The list of symptoms associated with COVID-19 seems to be ever-growing. Symptoms vary between variants of the virus, and several long-term effects for some people have occurred over time. A SARS-CoV-2 ...