Daily eyelid skipping is very common, but the first reaction of many people is that it is a sign of 'bad luck'. Many people say that the left eye skipping is rich and the right eye skipping is disastrous. Is there any scientific basis? If the skipping is particularly severe, it is more important to go to the hospital for examination.
Is eyelid jumping really a good omen?
There is no scientific basis for the popular saying that "the left eye jumps for wealth and the right eye jumps for disaster". From a scientific point of view, eyelid jumping can not predict bad luck. It can at most show that your eyes are too tired or sick. How to say eyelid jump is not a good thing.
Why can eyelid jump? In medicine, eyelid jump is also called 'eyelid tremor', eyelid is also called eyelid. There are two kinds of muscles in the eyelid, one is the orbicularis oculi muscle, the other is the levator palpebrae superioris muscle. They control the closure and opening of the eyes respectively. When the orbicularis oculi muscle contracts, the eyelid will close, and when the levator palpebrae superioris muscle contracts, the eyes will close. When the nerves that control the two muscles are stimulated, the two muscles will be very excited, and there will be repeated contraction, and even spasm or tremor will cause eyelid jump.
What does eyelid skipping really mean?
Eyelid skipping can be divided into two types, one is physiological, the other is pathological.
1. Physiological eyelid skipping
Physiological eyelid jump many people have experienced, the general attack time is short, often a few seconds, and the degree of beating is not very serious, mostly because of excessive or too tired eyes.
Physiological eyelid jump without treatment, as long as the eyes get enough rest, or hot compress massage, eye care can also alleviate eyelid jump.
2. Pathological eyelid skipping
Pathological eyelid jump is different, it is usually not only eyelid jump, the body will have other symptoms, such as the corners of the mouth and half of the face twitch together, some will feel dizzy, nausea, which is mostly related to some diseases, such as facial spasm caused by eyelid jump. This kind of eyelid jump is also a sign of disease, because the facial nerve that controls the muscle movement of eyelid is compressed by blood vessels, and then the eyelid jump caused by nerve abnormality. Pathological eyelid jump can only be improved by medical means, and should be treated in time.
[Conclusion] it is necessary to remember that eyelid skipping is not a symptom of bad luck, it may be a symptom of some diseases. We should pay more attention to it in daily life, find it early and treat it early.