REDUCE CAFFEINE
Excessive caffeine intake has been associated with eye spasms and elevations in intraocular eye pressure (IOP), increasing your risk of developing glaucoma. ‘How much caffeine is too much depends on a myriad of personal factors but some good indicators are heightened nervousness, noticeably elevated heart rate, insomnia, headaches, muscle tremors and eye spasms,’ says Nimmi Mistry, professional services optician at Vision Direct (visiondirect.co.uk). If your eyelids often go into spasm or flutter, try regulating your caffeine intake to see whether that helps.
SIMPLE SWAP
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