Eyelid fluttering in facial paralysis may be a recovery symptom, or it may be caused by overexertion and facial muscle spasm.
1. Recovery symptoms: the symptoms of facial paralysis start to return to normal within two weeks after the onset of the disease, while when the eyelids are numb and weak in the early stage of facial paralysis and cannot be lifted, and when the eyelids appear to throb paroxysmally and rapidly in the later stage, it may be that the facial neuritis is slowly getting better.
2. Excessive fatigue: When you use your eyes for a long time after facial paralysis, making your eyes overly fatigued or not getting enough sleep, it will lead to the phenomenon of eyelid fluttering.
3. Facial muscle spasm: Facial paralysis usually starts to recover in two weeks, if after one month of treatment, the condition of facial paralysis has not been significantly improved and symptoms of eyelid fluttering appear, it may be caused by facial muscle spasm.
Since there are many reasons for eyelid fluttering in facial paralysis, it is important to go to the hospital in time when symptoms of facial paralysis appear.