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Eye nerve jumping

smileygal · 2006-02-24 18:26:08

Hi Can anyone tell me the medical term for when a nerve 'jumps' in your eye, several times in one day and then not for months. It begins with m and ends in -ia but I can't remember the term and not able to get the answer by googling!!! thanks!

24-02-2006 6:26pm

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smileygal

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Hi
Can anyone tell me the medical term for when a nerve 'jumps' in your eye, several times in one day and then not for months.

It begins with m and ends in -ia but I can't remember the term and not able to get the answer by googling!!!

thanks!

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#2 24-02-2006 10:44pm

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It's called a blepharospasm

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#3 24-02-2006 11:09pm

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Thanks but not quite what i mean - no blinking involved or visual disturbance.

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#4 24-02-2006 11:18pm

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I used to get it. Reduced my Caffiene intake and it stopped

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#5 24-02-2006 11:49pm

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Myasthenia

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#6 25-02-2006 6:50am

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You realise that's a disease, it's not a one-off phenomenon like blepharospasm

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#7 26-02-2006 4:38pm

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i like to call it "that annoying twitch just under my eye that's back again and is buggin my friends more than me coz they can see it too"

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