Rapid eye movements of the interlocutor during the conversation, as a rule, are associated with insufficient attention on his part. You can take them for a careless attitude towards the speaker. However, eye twitching is an out-of-control phenomenon for some people.
Description of pathology
Twitching of the oculomotor muscles in medicine has a special name. This pathology is called nystagmus. However, it can be both congenital and acquired. Often the disease is occupational. Those people suffer from it, whose labor activity makes it necessary to focus on an object moving at high speed. The list of such speci alties includes a conveyor worker and a subway driver, as well as a miner. Cause nystagmus various diseases of the brain or eyes. Also, nystagmus can be the result of intoxication, trauma.
Causes of an unpleasant phenomenon
Twitching eyes are often the result of malfunctions in the oculomotor system. However, there are othersgrounds for the occurrence of this pathology. If a person's left eye twitches, the reasons may lie in heredity. In the event that any of the close relatives of the child suffered from nystagmus, the chance of developing the disease is high. Most often, however, both eyes twitch.
Twitching eye often occurs with astigmatism and nearsightedness. They suffer from this pathology with albinism (a state of lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair and iris). Often, nystagmus overtakes patients with head injuries or Meniere's syndrome (systemic vertigo).
The use of certain types of medicines, including colds, can lead to such an unpleasant phenomenon as a twitching eye. The cause of the pathology is often infectious diseases of the ear. Causes nystagmus and alcoholism or drug use.
In addition, discomfort in most cases arises from neurosis of an acute or chronic nature. Sometimes a twitchy eye can indicate a psychological problem. A consultation with a specialist will help to find out. If this diagnosis is confirmed, the psychologist will help not only to identify, but also to work out situations that traumatize the patient. Often this is enough for the unpleasant phenomenon to no longer bother.
Twitching of the muscles of the eye can be the result of a skull injury, concussion or bruise, as well as brain tumors. Phenomenontwitching of the right or left eye often accompanies ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Nystagmus occurs in diseases of the middle ear, multiple sclerosis and encephalitis, regardless of their origin. The eye twitches and with a parasitic disease of the brain.
Treatment of pathology
Does your left eye twitch often bother you? What to do in such a situation? The problem should not be eliminated by self-medication. Nystagmus can have dangerous he alth consequences, so you should seek the advice of a neurologist or otolaryngologist if it occurs.
