Weird Eye Movement

None of the choices in the topic area really fit what Im asking about.  When I eat/chew, my right eyelid moves up and down.  Its worse when I look down and eat/chew.  I dont notice it that bad, it doesnt hurt and its happend ever since I was a child.  I was just wondering what it was called and if complications might occur latter on life.
Thanks

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Your problem is called 'Jaw Winking' also called Marcus Gunn jaw winking after the doctor that described it first. Here is a link for more information: past this address into your internet browser. You need to have a comprehensive medical eye examination by an ophthalmologist. Most cases do not need treatment, treatment is difficult.


http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic608.htm

JCH MD

[Nancy T]

How very weird. There must be a lot of possibilities for such "aberrant connections."

I was all normal til age 42 when a whole bunch of weird stuff, both trivial and not so trivial, started happening (MS was suspected but not diagnosed).

Among the trivia was a long period when anytime I would squeeze my eyes shut, open them very wide, or just pass my hand over my face (as when tired), I would get a twitch above my left eye. About three seconds later, I would get the same twitch below my right eye!

Whenever I sneeze now, the top of my tongue itches strongly a few seconds later.

Among my dizziness problems, I had a four-day period of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) where, whenever I'd tip my head a little up and left (or lie down on my left side), the ceiling would start jerking up and down. This is typical for BPPV. The weird thing, which 3 dizziness specialists had never heard of, is that during the ceiling-jerking phase of the BPPV, my OPPOSITE ear got a strong beating/fluttering (both felt and heard) that corresponded exactly in duration and intensity to the ceiling-jerking. One doctor said this sounded like "aberrant regeneration," something "wired up wrong."

I also think the burst of "static" I hear in my left ear (which lost most of the hearing suddenly one day when I sneezed hard) when I move my eyes sideways is another of those "wired-up-wrong" phenomena.

I had brainstem auditory evoked potentials done and they were very abnormal, off the charts, on both sides, so I've wondered if that is related to some of these strange eye-ear connections.

Nancy T.