Sentences with word «blepharospasm»

Few well - designed studies have been done on blepharospasm.

The work and the researchers involved were supported by grants from the Dystonia Coalition, the Office of Rare Diseases Research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the Bachmann - Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at UCSD, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Science Foundation.

That's because the rating scales for blepharospasm are notoriously subjective and unreliable.

LA JOLLA — If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm — uncontrollable muscle contractions around the eye — they'll often come away with two different conclusions on the severity of the patient's symptoms.

Eye lid spasms — «functional blepharospasm» — from mineral imbalances in your body, depleted from excess training

We call that reflex blepharospasm.

The affected eyelid will usually be red, swollen, and itchy, and the cat will squint or blink spasmodically (called blepharospasm).

Treatment is indicated only when cilia are inducing corneal irritation (ulceration, vascularization, fibrosis, pigmentation, epiphora or persistent blepharospasm).

The updated guideline covers four neurologic disorders: spasticity in adults, which is muscle tightness that interferes with movement typically following a stroke, spinal cord or other neurologic injury; cervical dystonia, a disorder of the brain affecting neck muscle control that causes involuntary head tilt or neck movement; blepharospasm, a movement disorder that causes the eyes to close uncontrollably; and chronic and episodic migraine.

The guideline determined that botulinum toxin is generally safe and effective for treating spasticity in adults, cervical dystonia, blepharospasm and chronic migraine, according to guideline author David M. Simpson, MD, with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has updated its 2008 guidelines on the use of botulinum toxin for spasticity, cervical dystonia, blepharospasm and migraine headache, based on recent research.

Blepharospasm: an abnormal tightening of the muscles around the eyes, which causes repetitive blinking.

Affected dogs often hold the eye tightly closed and blink uncontrollably (blepharospasm).

Blepharospasm is not a disease in and of itself; it is a clinical sign that something is wrong with the eye or eyelid in most cases.

If you notice your dog rubbing their eyes, blinking fast (blepharospasm), or experiencing redness or tearing, your dog may have gotten some spray in the eyes.

Other symptoms beyond conjunctivitis are eye spasms (blepharospasm), pupil dilation and vision loss.

* Redness in the eye * Watery or tearing eyes * Sensitivity to light or squinting (photophobia) * Winking due to eye spasm (blepharospasm) * Eye hemmorage (bleeding in the eye) * Reduced vision» * Pain * Eye color change * Puss

You may notice redness or inflammation of the eye and / or the conjunctiva, excessive tearing (epiphora) or other discharges from the affected eye, and excessive blinking (blepharospasm).