my child stiffens her face 30 times in a minute what could be the cause?

Question

she has very long eyelashes and she says when she stiffens her face it pulls her eylashes out of her eyes But i don't think she even realizes she doing it

Answer 1

Once every 2 seconds? Your child is Satan.

Answer 2

Its possible her eyelash's are bothering her and now her correction of the problem has become habit..... OR
She could be having tourettes tics.
Tics are rapid movements or sounds that are repeated over and over for no reason. Tics are brief, intermittent, repetitive, nonrhythmic, unpredictable, purposeless, stereotyped movements (motor tics) or sounds (phonic or vocal tics). Although Tourette Syndrome tics are often described as "rapid" or "sudden," not all are; some tics are "held" or "tonic" movements involving freezing in a position for a few seconds. A person with a tic can't control the movement or sounds.

This sounds like the type of tics if thats what it is.
(SIMPLE MOTOR TICS: are focal movements involving one group of muscles, i.e. eye blinking, tongue protrusion, facial grimacing, shoulder shrug, or head turning.)
Simple tics are usually the first manifestation of Tourette syndrome. Unlike the common childhood tics that usually vanish within a year, the tics of Tourette Syndrome last and last.

The reason for having Tourette Syndorme tics for at least 12 months is specified in a diagnosis is because transient tics – a brief period or one-off episode of tics – are really common in children (occurring in around ten per cent of children) and these cases clear up and get better in relatively short time.

Tourette tics usually begin between the ages of 5 to 7, and peak around age 10. During the course of adolescence and by age 18 they might begin to diminish. Some patients, however, will have their tics for life and in other cases (<10%), the Tourette Syndrome tic symptoms can become even more severe in adulthood.


Either way take her to the doctorso she can get treatment.
Video tape her doing th stiffening of her face in case she doesn't do it at the doctors so you have something to show the doctor.

Answer 3

Maybe take her to see an eye doctor? Sometimes if your eyelashes get in your eyes, you have a hard time seeing. I have some eyelashes that grow funny and sometimes they are in my eyes and it makes everything really blurry. She could just be having a problem seeing because of her eyelashes and she is trying to fix the problem by stiffening her face up!

I would go to an eye doctor and see if that's the case!

Answer 4

Sounds like Tourettes Syndrome. Check with your pediatrician

Answer 5

my sister had a mild case of terets she'll start to continuously swallow or start tapping her fingers and not even realize it! you should take her to the doc and get their opinion. once my sister started going to a doc, she started to get much better

Answer 6

Look on the bright side: it gives her a conversation topic for other people to talk to her.

The jokes will range from "Hey can I invite you over for a stiff drink?" to "Hey, your stiff face is giving me a stiffy"

Your daughter is one lucky pumpkin

Answer 7

a friend of mine's neice did something like this and it turned out to be a MILD case of ADD. with a low dose of med she completely stopped. ask your dr

Answer 8

Talk to her Dr. about it, it's probably just a phase...