Eyelid twitching

Antispasmodic. Easing muscle cramps as well as psychological stress, elder tea has been used for headache, eyelid twitching, palsy, epilepsy, stroke, paralysis and the spasms that accompany asthma. Affected body parts can also be rubbed with elder flower infusions. Parts used flowers, berries. 

Eyelid myokymia or benign eyelid twitching is a common localized form of facial myokymia. It is a transient condition in which mild to moderate fine undulating contractions of the orbicularis muscle occurs, causing an annoying... 

Fraunfelder FT, Arch Ophthalmol 97(5), 975 Eyelid twitching Keratopathy Miosis... 

But, in reality, it s even easier than that. For anyone to observe REM sleep behaviour directly, it can be done with bed partners, especially in the wee hours of the morning, most conveniently on vacation, in the summer time when the hillock of the cornea can be seen in the early dawn light to glide to and fro under the closed - or perhaps half-open - eyelids. The eyelids themselves dance and twitch sporadically and, when they do, one has only to give a light tap on the shoulder and ask what is going on in the mind. Informed consent is as admirable in these informal conditions as it is in university sleep labs, but don t let that stop you. 

And the lake will drain the wells in the village, so the poor souls will be without water... I saw diseased teeth like chips of resin and turkey flesh hanging from a receding chin. And on the other side of the room, Aislabie stood in front of the mantel, glass in one hand, cane in the other. He d drawn some favored individual aside for a more intimate conversation, and I couldn t catch his eye. Then he summoned a servant— Sarah—with the twitch of an eyelid. She was at his elbow in an instant, took his order, curtsied, left. Nobody would have guessed the venom beneath the surface. 

HUMAN HEALTH RISKS Acute Risks irritation of eyes, mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract severe skin burns depression of central nervous system weeping and twitching of eyelids headaches Chronic Risks disturbances of liver functions may cause cancer may cause genetic damage pulmonary edema more susceptible to illness. 

Carbaminoylcholine chloride, a synthetic derivative of choline, is not destroyed by cholinesterase. Carbachol is a rather long-acting and powerful miotic, which can cause various ocular side effects, i.e. headaches, ocular and periorbital pain, twitching of the eyelids, ciliary congestion and spasm of accommodation. Rapid formation of cataracts was observed in 3 patients. Carbachol must be formulated with a wetting agent to increase penetration. 

Eserine has a longer duration of action than pilocarpine. Its side effects include twitching of the eyelids (myokymia), chronic conjunctival irritation, contact allergic dermatitis and depigmentation of the lid skin. 

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