Why Is My Eyelid Twitching? A quick, uncontrollable flutter in your eyelid that seems to come out of nowhere. It is not painful, it is not really visible to anyone else, but it is impossible to ignore. If you have ever caught yourself curious about “why is...
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Why Is My Eyelid Twitching? A quick, uncontrollable flutter in your eyelid that seems to come out of nowhere. It is not painful, it is not really visible to anyone else, but it is impossible to ignore. If you have ever caught yourself curious about “why is my eyelid twitching” you are in good company. Eye twitching is one of the most common, and most commonly misunderstood, things that happen to a perfectly healthy eye. What Is Really Happening When Your Eyelid Twitches The medical term is myokymia, and it describes a small, involuntary contraction of the orbicularis oculi. It’s the ring of muscle that lets you blink and close your eyes. It almost always affects the lower eyelid of one eye at a time, though it can occasionally shift to the upper lid. Sometimes the movement is obvious in the mirror. Other times, all you notice is a strange fluttering or twitching inside the eye that nobody else can see, because the contraction is too small to actually move the eyelid. Both versions are
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