Ptosis can be caused by heredity, trachoma, myasthenia gravis, chronic ophthalmic paralysis, etc.
1. Heredity: When parents suffer from congenital ptosis, their children are likely to develop ptosis.
2. Trachoma: Trachoma is a chronic infectious conjunctival keratitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, in which patients may experience symptoms such as foreign body sensation, photophobia, and eyelid ptosis.
3. Myasthenia gravis: Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease caused by transmission dysfunction at the neuromuscular junction, and patients will have symptoms such as eyelid ptosis, blurred vision and diplopia.
4. Chronic ophthalmoplegia: Chronic progressive extraocular muscle paralysis is a kind of eye movement disorder, patients will have upper and lower eyelid ptosis, and in severe cases, the eyeballs can not be turned.
When the patient has ptosis, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time for examination, to clarify the cause of the disease and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment.