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Eye lid spasms?

Latelely I have been having these rather anoying muscle spasms in my eye lids.  What would cause this, and is there anything I can do about it?
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Dear daddyzaring,

Eyelid spasms may be a spasm like any other muscle.  

Dr. Feldman

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

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I have similar and have had been told it could be due to stress. It is weird but it always seems to happen when I look in the mirror at my eye. Would also like to here a more professional answer. All the best
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