Ask a doctor: why is my eye twitching?

Ask a doctor: why is my eye twitching?

If you’ve ever developed an eye twitch, you’ll know how disconcerting it can be. But thankfully, according to ophthalmologists, that irritation is likely nothing to worry about.“The medical word for eyelid twitching is ‘myokymia’ – uncontrollable muscle contractions in your eyelids that may be described as flickering, quivering or spasms,” explains Badrul Hussain, ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital. This is generally an isolated twitc…