Causes of blinking in the baby
Frequent blinking can be permanent or occurs only occasionally, passing or passing into a chronic stage. In any case, it is important to find out what is the reason for this unpleasant phenomenon.
If the child often blinks with one eye, it may have ophthalmic or psychological reasons. Photo: Getty A child can blink one or both eyes if:
- in the eye got a speck - even the slightest foreign body can cause a feeling of discomfort, while blinking is pushing it to the corner;
- he has nervous overstrain and fatigue - the nervous system needs to be restored, which is due to contractions of the eye muscles;
- his eyesight deteriorates due to a heavy load on the organs of vision;
- there is a syndrome of "dry eyes" due to increased stress on them or insufficient humidity in the room;
- develops conjunctivitis, which causes unpleasant sensations that cause the child to blink more often;
- there is a nervous tic - involuntarilyocular muscles contract as a result of disturbances in the work of the nervous system, so the coughing and twitching of the head can add to the twitching of one eye;
- he suffered a head or eye injury;
- much frightened of something;
- his nerve endings are damaged.
The causes of frequent blinking with one eye areophthalmic or mental nature. To understand why a child blinks with one eye more often, parents can quite independently, but often it requires a referral to a specialist who will establish the correct diagnosis.
What to do with frequent blinking
Therapy is not always necessary, even if there is a nervous tic. But this should be decided by the attending physician. Parents should follow certain recommendations to prevent such pathology:
- Do not overload the child with a lot of extra lessons. He must have time for rest and recovery.
- It is important to be interested in the child's affairs in kindergarten, school, relationships with friends.
- Do not criticize the child often. It is important to properly guide him through life, and not "terrorize" with constant parting words.
- You can not focus too much on moragogy, so as not to injure the child's psyche.
- It is important to limit watching TV and playing games on the computer.
When blinking lasts too long or occursalong with other nervous and mental problems, you should get advice from a neurologist. Sometimes blinking goes by itself, but sometimes it requires observation of the doctor and adequate therapy. It is also useful to know:
