Male right eye jumping

Right eye jumping in men is actually right eyelid jumping. The cause of this symptom is mainly due to the stimulation of the nerve that governs the movement of facial muscles, which is called the facial nerve, and this phenomenon is called facial muscle spasm. If the right eye jumping is only occasional and the symptoms are getting milder, the patient can observe it temporarily without any special treatment, it may be related to fatigue, pay attention to rest. If the symptoms of right eye jumping persist and there is muscle jumping in other parts of the face, it should be taken seriously. Patients need to have a cranial MRI, which aims to understand the intracranial situation. This is because facial muscle spasms are partly due to compression of the facial nerve root and partly due to intracranial tumors and inflammation. In the case of facial nerve compression, the radical treatment is microvascular decompression, which requires a special material spacer between the compressed blood vessel and the facial nerve under a microscope, and the efficiency of the procedure can reach 90%. Patients who are unwilling to undergo surgery, or who cannot tolerate surgery, can also be treated with medication. Commonly used medications include carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, gabapentin, topiramate, etc. Medications only provide temporary relief, not a cure. In addition, patients can also use the method of local injection of Botox, the efficacy of one injection can be maintained for 3-4 months.