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Eyelid spasm (blepharospasm)

Prof. Dr. Peter Roggenkämper

Blepharospasm comes from the Greek and means spasm of the eyelid. The main feature of the disease is arbitrary and uncontrollable winking. This winking is barely distinguishable from normal winking at the start of the condition. In time, however, it becomes spasmodic, so that ultimately the eyes can barely be kept open and genuine impairment of vision occurs. The result is severe impairment of everyday life (reading, driving, watching television).

Incidence

The disease is very rare (one patient in about 10,000 inhabitants). That is why the correct diagnosis is sometimes not made at once by the doctor who is consulted. Those affected are mainly but not exclusively people in the second half of life, with women affected slightly more often than men.

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