0 movement of the eyelid that cannot be controlled, where the eyelid closes tightly and makes sudden small movements
This process has been fastest in easily defined clinical situations such as focal dystonias - blepharospasm is a good example - and slowest in the more complex world of rehabilitation.
The new treatment modality of botulinum toxin can make a significant impact on the quality of life of older patients with tremor, dystonia (particularly blepharospasm), and other involuntary movement.
A wide range of benefits is available to sick and disabled people, including sufferers of blepharospasm, provided that they meet the conditions of entitlement.
Eye exposure produces intense tearing, pain, conjunctivitis, and blepharospasm.
Other symptoms include: dermal burns with vesicle formation; blepharospasm and photophobia.
It is of two types: essential and reflex blepharospasm.
Like blepharospasm, the frequency of contractions in hemifacial spasm may range from intermittent to frequent and constant.
The benign essential blepharospasm is a focal dystoniaa neurological movement disorder involving involuntary and sustained contractions of the muscles around the eyes.
