Every person in life has encountered involuntary muscle contraction, the sensations are quite unpleasant and unexpected. Many believe that the reason lies in the failure of the nervous system and is partly right, but there are other reasons.

Causes

Eye strain

Most often, the eyelid twitches due to tired eye muscles. Long hours spent near the computer for hard work, an interesting book from which it is impossible to break away, hours of watching TV shows - all these causes entail overfatigue of the eye muscle tissues. A tic can occur when a foreign body enters the eyeball, the mucous membrane becomes inflamed and dries up, and it feels like sand has got into the eye.

Past illnesses

Past illnesses of acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections are one of the causes of twitching of the eye. This symptom manifests itself in children or people with reduced immunity. The weakened and fragile after the disease nervous system responds to various infectious attacks and, thus, manifests itself in uncontrolled movements. This reaction is caused not only by infectious diseases, but also by local eye ailments, like conjunctivitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane), inflammation of the eyelids (blepharitis) and other diseases related to the blinking process.

Improper nutrition, vitamin deficiency - causes that also cause nervous tic.This can be due to a lack of glycine, magnesium and calcium in the body. Lack of magnesium entails not only ocular teak, but also other such convulsions. It also regulates calcium levels, and glycine contributes to the proper functioning of the central nervous system.

Psychological disorder

With serious failures of the nervous system, there is a chance of an eye tic. At the same time, neuro-reflex excitability increases, muscle hypertension, and convulsions begin. Then, twitching of muscle tissue near the eyes may appear. Teak eyelid may be the result of malfunctioning of the cerebral circulation. In this case, you need to contact a neurologist and undergo the prescribed course of treatment, you may need to undergo tomography - MRI. If the twitching does not stop within a week or even a month, you should immediately consult a doctor.

What to do?

Ocular tic is not considered a disease, but rather refers to the symptoms of various ailments. But if it manifests itself, it means that the body, thus, reports violations of its work. If such manifestations are short-lived, the body should be given rest, while eating foods containing calcium and magnesium.

Ways to get rid of eye teak:

• Rub one palm on the other so that both are warmed up;
• Shake your wrists several times, so you need to relax mentally;
• Sit in a chair or chair in a position in which the back of the head and back will be in the same plane. This position is optimal for blood supply;
• Place the palms of the hands on the eyeballs with the center of the palms facing the eyes;
• The phalanges of the little fingers, which are closer to the palms, cross on the nose, like support glasses. Put the rest of your fingers on your forehead, with your thumbs clenched. Part of the palm put on the cheekbones of the face.

Exercises to relax the psyche and relieve fatigue from the muscles of the organ of vision should be performed every time when there is a feeling of strain. If you ignore the body's signals of fatigue, more serious diseases and nervous tics subsequently occur.

A sensation of twitching of the eyelid appears for various reasons. The main causes are failures of the nervous system, overwork of the body, weakened immunity. To get rid of short-term tics, rest of the eye muscles, relaxation of the whole body and proper nutrition are necessary. In other cases, a visit to a neurologist is necessary.