Why does my child blink frequently?

If a child blinks frequently in daily life, parents should pay attention. There are many reasons for children to blink frequently, including both physiological reasons and disease reasons. For example, children may learn some funny actions from others and blink frequently at this time. If parents cannot educate and stop them in time, it is likely to cause children to develop some bad habits. For example, abnormal blink syndrome is such a disease. Of course, we cannot ignore some situations caused by inflammation, such as conjunctivitis. Because the child's eyes are dry and very uncomfortable, they may also blink frequently. In addition, if there is refractive error, eye fatigue, chronic irritation, etc., these symptoms may also be caused.

reason

1. The most common cause of the disease is watching TV, playing computer games, and playing video games for a long time. The main complaint is uncontrollable frequent blinking accompanied by varying degrees of foreign body sensation, redness, itching, dryness and other symptoms in the eyes. Some children have been using chloramphenicol, Runshu and other eye drops for a long time before seeing a doctor.

2. Ocular surface diseases, including trachoma, chronic conjunctivitis, keratitis, trichiasis and other common eye diseases.

3. Children suffering from lead poisoning or picky eating lack trace elements. For example, lead poisoning can lead to symptoms such as blinking, twitching of the mouth, irritability, and inattention.

4. Neurological diseases: Some children may experience blinking and involuntary facial twitching due to spasms of the face and orbicularis oculi muscle. Need to be transferred to neurology department for treatment.

Mitigation methods

1. Children's frequent blinking is abnormal and noticeable. Improper handling will affect the children's normal life, study and even physical and mental development. Parents, teachers or classmates should be advised to understand and comfort them. Do not force training, scold loudly or laugh at them, so as to prevent the children from becoming overly nervous and increasing blinking.

2. For children with abnormal blinking, we should first inquire about their living habits carefully. Those who are fans of TV and computer games should be restricted as much as possible, and those with picky eating habits should work hard to correct them. Secondly, carefully check the eye condition, and actively treat those with conjunctivitis, trachoma, punctate damage of the corneal epithelium, and refractive errors. Finally, those children without any symptoms should receive psychological and behavioral treatment to distract their attention and overcome bad habits. After comprehensive treatment, most children can recover.