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Ongoing Eye Twitch

by KChadwick, Jan 28, 2008 09:48PM
Hi,

I have had a twitch going on under my upper left eyelid since August 2007.  I have been to 2 eye doctors who did not see anything medically wrong with my eye and yet this irritating twitch seems to continue all day long mostly with blinking.

The twitch seems to move from one side of the lid to the other, currently being in the inner most corner and is very irritating my eyeball.  I do not get this twitch if I hold my eyelid away from my eyeball.  I do wear contacts, but feel this twitch whether I wear them or not.  I have continuously washed out my eyes but nothing is relieving.

Is it possible that I have a contact stuck in the eye that I can't see or some sort of ingrown eyelash or something between the lid and the eye that could move around and cause this twitch?  I have searched for a contact and sometimes think I see one, but nothing comes out.  I am afraid to injure my eye.

Thank you for any advice.
Member Comments (1)

by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Jan 28, 2008 09:51PM
To: FROM EYE MD
Use Google and search and read about the term "myokymia". If you have been to 2 eye doctors and at least one was a MD eye physician ophthalmologist is very unlikely there is a problem with a lost contact or eyelash.

If you have not seen an Eye MD see one soon find one at www.aao.org

JCH III MD
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