The first thing I hear from anxious mothers in the clinic is, “Doctor, what’s wrong with my child? He keeps blinking and blinking, and he can’t control it. So let’s start with why people blink! Under normal circumstances, people blink an average of 15-20 times per minute. The main purpose of blinking is to avoid drying out the surface of the eye and to prevent damage from dust. Blinking too often is an abnormal pathology. The main causes of frequent blinking in children are as follows: 1. Inflammatory diseases of the eye Inflammatory stimuli of the eye lead to frequent blinking, most commonly conjunctivitis, keratitis, etc. caused by bacterial or viral infections or allergies. In addition to increased blinking, inflammation may also lead to redness, itchiness, increased secretions and tearing of the eyes. It should be noted that during the spring and summer months, allergic conjunctivitis is common in children and is the main cause of blinking in inflammatory diseases of the eye. 2, dry eye, eye fatigue blinking mainly includes two causes: one is due to refractive error, especially farsightedness, myopia, astigmatism is not corrected to cause eye visual fatigue caused by a protective reflex, through constant blinking can adjust the curvature of the eye, so that visual clarity. In this case, you should arrange your child’s school life appropriately, tell your child that the time spent reading books should not be too long, urge your child to do eye exercises, and get an eye exam and glasses if necessary. Second, excessive eye use, especially due to video stimulation, including television, computers, mobile games, etc.. As a result of prolonged eye use, it will not only lead to visual fatigue and dry eyes, but also to myopia. Therefore it is necessary to reduce the time spent watching TV and try to avoid using computers, cell phones and other frequency screens. 3, neurological blinking is caused by frequent contractions of the nerve fibers that govern the orbicularis oculi muscle after being stimulated. For treatment, you can use ear acupressure and hot compresses on the eyes, and take internal sedative relievers such as Bachmann’s compound and tribromine tablets. Neurotrophic agents such as vitamin B1, B12, inosine and other drugs can also be used. 4, children with ADHD Children with ADHD often show sudden, involuntary contraction movements of a part of the body, such as frowning forehead, crooked mouth, shrugging shoulders and inattentiveness. Some children will also make strange noises at the same time, even cursing, swearing and so on, this condition is medically called children’s hyperactive obscene language syndrome. Frequent blinking is only one manifestation of ADHD, and most of these children have other symptoms such as crooked mouth, shrugging shoulders, and finger spasms. The cause of its development is still unknown and may be related to psychological factors such as mental tension and emotional instability. This condition seriously affects the normal life, study and mental health of children. Once this condition occurs, it is important to actively treat ADHD in children, as this is the only way to avoid frequent blinking in children. 5, eyelid inversion, inverted eyelashes Some children have congenital inversion of the eyelids (medically called eyelids), so that the eyelashes are inverted on the surface of the eye, stimulating the cornea (the surface of the black eye) causing tears and also frequent blinking. 6, partiality and vitamin intake insufficient partiality and vitamin intake may also be the cause of blinking, but also imitate others and cause blinking, some children can not find a clear cause, very few may be related to genetics. In fact, there is no single cause for frequent blinking in children, but most of them are the result of a combination of these causes, so comprehensive treatment is needed to get good results. The specific treatment includes: 1, reduce the child’s mental and psychological burden If the child is usually under too much pressure to learn or if mom or dad enrolls in too many early childhood classes, then mom or dad should pay attention to the child to properly reduce the burden, you can first transfer the child’s mental pressure, using the correct method to help the child overcome the psychological barrier, do not scold the child, otherwise it will only aggravate the condition; 2, form a good life eye habits let Children to reduce the computer, cell phones and other video stimulation, to avoid visual fatigue, dry eye; 3, reasonable nutrition and dietary structure to children to eat more vegetables, fruits, correct partiality; eat less spicy stimulation, fried food and easy to cause mental excitement food, such as coffee, cola, chocolate, etc.; 4, reasonable medication for the above causes can be appropriate drops of artificial tears and anti-allergic eye drops and other symptomatic treatment, to find the cause of For those who can find the cause of the disease, we should treat the cause of the disease. Most children can be cured through psychological counseling and localized eye drops, and for children with tics or blinking that do not heal over time, treatment with Chinese medicine and acupuncture can be very effective. Children with severe tics need to be seen by a neurologist.