Common causes of eyelid jumping

The common causes of eyelid jumping are: 1. Benign muscle fiber twitching: It occurs in cases of fatigue, emotional stress, etc. It is a unilateral, temporary twitching of the periocular muscles. 2. Reflex blepharospasm: It is caused by localized eye lesions such as keratitis and iritis. Du Ying, Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University 3. Facial muscle spasm: In addition to unilateral eyelid jumping, it is accompanied by paroxysmal irregular twitching of the muscles on the same side, mostly caused by vascular compression of the facial nerve. 4.Meige syndrome: In addition to bilateral eyelid fluttering, it is accompanied by twitching of lower facial muscles and even neck muscles. 5. Idiopathic blepharospasm: characterized by intermittent or persistent involuntary clenching of both eyelids, not accompanied by ophthalmoplegia. 6, Hysterical blepharospasm: symptoms are similar to idiopathic blepharospasm, but suggest that treatment is effective.