contract involuntarily. As the disease progresses, th
You blink more when the muscles responsible for closing the eyelids (orbicularis oris) begin to contract involu webapex.net ntarily. As the disease progresses, the eyelids remain closed for a long time. This is because the muscles that open the upper eyelid (levator eyelid) cannot contract. Patients with BEB blink more during conversations and during breaks than normal adults. Spasms usually occur when you are awake and settle when you fall asleep. Studies have found that patients blink more than people who are normal during both conversations and breaks. In fact, 76% of patients blink more at rest than during a conversation. Although normal a westernmagazine.org dults blinked 14-17 times per minute, patients in this study averaged more than 27 blinks per minute. However, this is not enough to diagnose eyelid spasms. BEB makes you sensitive to the ysin.org light of migraine sufferers. Therefore, use gray or FL-41 tinted lenses. BEB patients are as sensitive as mig