Eyelid twitching

[elmquay]

For the past 4 weeks or so, my left upper eyelid starts to twitch anytime of the day. This may last a few seconds to many minutes. I was looking on the internet about this and came across a term blepharospasm. But b'spasm seems to involve closing of eyelids when twitching. In my case, it is not so. Only the left upper eyelid (inward half only, toward the nose) flickers but this never closes my eye. There is no change in vision. I work on computer 8-10 hours.

I do get stye (white or yellow colored) few months apart, and sometimes they appear mushroom shaped. I had it yesterday, the previous was about 3 months back. The one I had yesterday was on left lower lid, but perhaps it comes on even on the upper eyelid and on either eye at a time.

I have to take help of reading glasses (1.5) for handling small objects or reading small print. Other than that I do not use glasses at any time.

Please suggest me something to avoid eyelid twitching

[Sandy Feldman, MD, MS]

Dear elmquay,

I would recommend that you seek the care of an eyeMD. An eyelid twitch is a spasm of the muscles of the eyelid and may be associated with stress, blepharospasm, intake of caffeine, or other conditions.  

Dr. Feldman

Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California

[elmquay]

Hi, the twitching is also happening in the left lower eyelid, again restricted to the inner region (towards nose). There is no pain associated.