February 26, 2018.
Do you have a trembling eyelid? This happens a lot and, rest assured, in most cases it is completely harmless.
Temporary fatigue or magnesium deficiency
It is a very strange feeling which is probably not unknown to you. Suddenly, your eyelid starts to shake, almost imperceptibly, as if it is vibrating at full speed.. Then, just as suddenly, this tremor goes away, sometimes after a few seconds, sometimes after several minutes.
In medical terms, these tremors are called “fasciculation”. These muscle twitches are almost always mild and appear when a person has high anxiety., a deficiency in certain nutrients, especially magnesium, or simply consuming too much caffeine. It can also occur after intense physical exercise.
Can eyelid tremors be serious?
If these harmless tremors persist, they can be easily treated with a little rest, calm or a magnesium cure. However, sometimes they are symptomatic of much more serious pathologies and in case of doubt, in-depth examinations should be considered.
Thereby, eyelid tremors can, in much rarer cases, be associated with certain autoimmune diseases such as Isaac’s syndrome, or certain disorders of the nervous system such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myopathy, spinal amyotrophy or even Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.
Read also Everything about your eyes and their pathologies
