How can I tell if I have facial spasm? Facial myasthenia gravis mostly develops after middle age, and is more common in women. At the beginning of the disease, it is mostly paroxysmal involuntary twitching of the orbicularis oculi muscle on one side, which is often called eyelid jumping. The disease gradually extends to other facial muscles on one side of the face, and the twitching of the corners of the mouth is the most noticeable. So, the eyelid jumping is the facial muscle spasm, this judgment is not rigorous, facial muscle spasm although the two early manifestations of most from the eyelid jumping. This “early facial muscle spasm eyelid jumping” and “common eyelid jumping” is not significantly different, “common eyelid jumping” in jumping after a period of time gradually disappear, will not leave any There is no significant difference between “common eyelid jump” and “common eyelid jump”. The development process of facial muscle spasm eyelid jumping and common eyelid jumping is completely different: with the extension of facial muscle spasm eyelid jumping, the frequency of jumping gradually increases, the force of jumping gradually increases, and the range of jumping gradually expands until the muscles on the same side of the neck all twitch at the same time, but the opposite side of the face is completely normal. In other words, you must be careful if you have symptoms such as long-term throbbing and twitching. This is likely to be suffering from facial muscle spasm. In addition, the degree of facial muscle spasm twitching varies from mild to severe, and is paroxysmal, rapid and irregular. The initial twitching is light, lasting only a few seconds, and then gradually grows longer for several minutes or longer, while the interval is gradually shortened and the twitching is gradually aggravated frequently. A convulsion may last from a few seconds to more than ten minutes, and the length of the interval is variable. The patient feels distracted and unable to work or study, which seriously affects the patient’s physical and mental health. Individual cases may be accompanied by ipsilateral headache and tinnitus. If these symptoms are present, it is also possible that the patient has facial spasm. What other diseases should be distinguished from: 1. Facial palsy, facial palsy is a motor dysfunction of the facial muscles, and facial muscle spasm is a clonic twitching of the muscles. So facial palsy and facial muscle spasm are very different from each other. Facial palsy is a paralysis of the facial muscles and is a destructive lesion. Facial muscle spasm, also known as facial muscle twitching, facial muscle spasm is an irritating lesion stimulated by abnormal discharge, manifested as involuntary twitching and jumping of one side of the face, facial muscle spasm after a long time, may also be accompanied by a certain amount of facial paralysis, so this time it requires a professional doctor, go to the hospital to identify. 2, Meijer syndrome, most of the first symptoms are bilateral eyelid spasms, spasms rather than throbbing, some patients in addition to blinking, eye opening difficulties, there are involuntary twitching of the facial muscles, pouting, grinding teeth and other symptoms,. 3, chorea, can appear facial muscle twitching, but mostly bilateral, often accompanied by involuntary movements of the trunk limbs, mostly seen in rheumatic and hereditary chorea, chorea it is not simply a change in the facial muscles, it is a change in the muscles of the whole body. This kind of patient is not what we call facial muscle spasm, he is a symptom of the extravertebral system, related to genetic development and brain development, not surgery can solve. This is the only way to take medicine to control it eyelid spasm, 4, bite muscle spasm: often manifested as unilateral or bilateral occlusion spasm, mouth opening difficulties, grinding teeth and other symptoms. 5, tics, common in children and young adults have more pronounced muscle contraction, twitch frequency is faster. 6, habitual facial muscle spasm, common in children and young adults, as bilateral eyelid forced jumping, can be controlled autonomously, electromyography normal. Conditions like those mentioned above do not belong to facial myospasm. It is important to pay attention to the distinction. People often think that facial myospasm cannot be completely cured, which is also a misconception. Facial spasm can be completely cured. At present, the most popular surgical treatment is microvascular decompression. Microvascular decompression refers to the magnification and reoperation of the intracranial nerve vessels through a high-powered microscope, placing a spacer between the nerve and the vessel, thus releasing the compression of the vessel on the root of the facial nerve and restoring the normal function of the facial nerve. This technique has the advantages of minimally invasive, high safety and low recurrence rate. It is also the only surgical procedure that can completely treat facial muscle spasm. The best way to diagnose facial spasm is to go to the hospital to avoid misdiagnosis, many times the patient does not have facial spasm, but only a similar disease. And facial myospasm can be completely cured, patients can be treated with surgery. In short, facial muscle spasm is not as terrible as we think, early medical treatment is the best policy.