Three-year-old baby blinks frequently

Normally people's blinking does not seem that frequent. If you notice that your three-year-old baby is blinking more frequently, you should take them to a comprehensive eye examination, which can confirm the real reason for the baby's frequent blinking. Most children will have such symptoms due to inflammatory stimulation. If not treated in time, the child will develop conjunctivitis.

Common reasons why children blink frequently include:

First, inflammatory stimulation: This is the most common cause, which may be caused by infections such as bacteria, viruses, chlamydia, such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, etc.

Second, congenital inverted eyelids and trichiasis: Some children are born with inverted eyelids (medically known as eyelids), which causes the eyelashes to fall on the surface of the eyeball, irritating the cornea (the surface of the black eyeball) and causing tears.

Third, children's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) refers to the sudden, involuntary contraction and movement of a certain part of the child's body, such as blinking, frowning, twisting the mouth, shrugging, etc., inattention and hyperactive behavior changes.

Fourth, eye fatigue blinking: including visual fatigue such as refractive errors, especially uncorrected hyperopia, myopia, and astigmatism, which cause visual fatigue of the eyes.

Fifth, neurogenic blinking: It is caused by the frequent contraction of the nerve fibers that control the orbicularis oculi muscle after being stimulated.

Sixth, habitual blinking: Some children have a history of frequent blinking due to one of the above-mentioned causes. After treatment and the cause is eliminated, they still retain the habit of frequent blinking.

Differential diagnosis of constant blinking:

Inflammatory irritation: In addition to increased blinking, there are also symptoms such as redness and itching of the eyes, increased secretions, and tearing.

Congenital entropion and trichiasis: In this case, entropion of the lower eyelid is the most common, and careful parents can find it.

ADHD in children: This disease seriously affects children's normal life, study and mental health.

Eye fatigue blinking: This is a protective reflex that adjusts the curvature of the eyeball through continuous blinking to make vision clear.

Neurogenic blinking: It is caused by the frequent contraction of the nerve fibers that control the orbicularis oculi muscle after being stimulated.