Three-year-old children squeeze their eyes, not necessarily tics, but also may be related to eye foreign body, eye inflammation and other factors.
1. Tourette’s syndrome: Tourette’s syndrome is related to genetic and mental factors, and children often appear to squeeze their eyes, sniffle, nuzzle, and other stereotyped movements, should be timely medical care, oral haloperidol and other drugs under the guidance of a physician, while paying attention to the child’s psychological guidance.
2. Eye foreign body: sand, dust, flying insects or eyelashes and other foreign objects into the eyes, irritating the eyes, may also make the child appear to squeeze the phenomenon of the eyes, but also may have tears, rubbing the eyes and other manifestations.
3. Eye inflammation: bacterial, viral and other microbial infections caused by keratitis, conjunctivitis and other diseases, under the stimulation of inflammation, the patient may appear in the eye itching, pain and other discomforts, the child may also appear to squeeze the eyes of the symptom, but also accompanied by tears, photophobia and other manifestations.
Therefore, eye squeezing in children is not necessarily caused by Tourette’s syndrome, but may also be related to other diseases.
It is recommended that patients with frequent eye squeezing should seek prompt medical attention to identify the cause of the problem and under the guidance of a physician.