A rarer condition that causes eye twitching is known as blepharospasm and involves “forceful, involuntary closure of both eyes at the same time,” Moss says. She notes that blepharospasm can range from ...

Though eyelid twitching (technically called myokymia) can feel disconcerting, the good news is that it’s typically fleeting and harmless. Nevertheless, when you’re in the throes of the mini muscle ...

MAY I be allowed through your columns to direct the attention of physiologists and anatomists to certain special features in ocular accommodation, and in the movements of the iris in birds, and to a ...

Dilated pupils mean that your pupils appear larger in size. The most common reason for dilated pupils is low light in a dark room since lower light causes your pupils to grow. Dilated pupils are also ...

The iris is a structure behind the transparent cornea of the eye. It has a circular opening called the pupil that changes size in response to the light level. Your pupils are usually the same size as ...

Surgeries for thyroid eye disease include orbital decompression (to relieve swelling), strabismus (to repair eye muscles and correct eye alignment), and eyelid retraction correction (to restore eyelid ...

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