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Why does my eyelid twitch?
- By Toni Golen, MD, Contributor, and
- Hope Ricciotti, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch
Ask the doctors
Q. Sometimes my eyelid spasms without any obvious reason. Why does this happen?
A. Don’t be alarmed. Almost everyone experiences eye twitches — uncontrollable movements in the upper or lower eyelid — at some point. These tiny muscle spasms don’t hurt, and they tend to go away on their own. But when they happen, it’s typically a signal of minor physical or mental stress. Twitch triggers can include
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