What causes droopy upper eyelids in children?

Many babies cannot open their eyes after they are born. Most parents don’t take it seriously, thinking it is a natural phenomenon that will heal in a few days. But after a few days, when the baby opened his eyes, we found that his eyes were so small. In medicine, this disease is called "upper face ptosis". If your child discovers this situation, then as a parent you should pay attention. Today I will tell you some common sense about upper face sagging.

There are many reasons why ptosis occurs. The most common one is congenital ptosis, the main symptom of which is the inability to lift the upper eyelid. Children with this condition often tighten their frontal muscles, such as frowning their foreheads and shrugging their shoulders, to help lift the upper eyelid. In severe cases, children need to look up to see things, and when the upper eyelid droops beyond the pupil, it can often cause amblyopia in the affected eye. If ptosis occurs, surgical treatment should be performed as soon as possible. The timing of correction varies depending on the severity of the condition.

If it is severe congenital ptosis, the upper eyelid margin covers more than 1/2 of the pupil, and surgery should be performed as soon as possible to prevent amblyopia. If it is mild to moderate ptosis, it will not affect the normal visual development of children. The method to treat the baby's upper eyelid is the ptosis correction surgery: the commonly used methods to treat ptosis are: shortening of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle, downward suspension of the frontalis muscle flap and suspension with the fascia lata band. Before surgery, the degree of ptosis and frontalis muscle strength should be measured for congenital ptosis.

When the levator palpebrae superioris muscle still has a certain function, levator palpebrae superioris muscle shortening surgery should be the first choice. This surgery shortens the levator palpebrae superioris muscle to strengthen it and improve its ability to lift the eyelid. This type of surgery complies with normal anatomical requirements and has good results. If the function of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle no longer exists or is extremely poor, the frontalis muscle flap downward suspension or fascia lata band suspension method is required. These two methods are to connect the upper eyelid tarsal plate directly or indirectly to the frontalis muscle, so that the frontalis muscle band performs the function of the upper eyelid levator muscle.

Through the above explanation, I believe you have already understood this symptom. In fact, many unexpected situations may occur after the baby is born. Parents must pay close attention and not be complacent, which may cause them to miss the best treatment period for their children. If you find the above symptoms, for the sake of your baby's health, please put down what you are doing immediately and take your child to the hospital for examination.