Is blepharoptosis heritable

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Upper eyelid ptosis is the ptosis of upper eyelid, light will affect the patient's vision, heavy will affect the patient's eye opening, not only bring physical pain to the patient, but also bring psychological pain to the patient. Now let's talk about whether ptosis will be inherited.

Is blepharoptosis heritable

And its genetic ptosis, known as the first cause of Medicine: congenital ptosis. The main reason is that the levator palpebrae muscle, which is used to lift the upper eyelid muscle, is not well developed, or the motor nerve function that dominates the muscle is not complete, so that the eyes can not be opened, and the drooping eyelid covers part of the pupil.

Second: ptosis refers to the insufficiency or loss of levator palpebrae superioris muscle and m ü ller smooth muscle, resulting in partial or complete ptosis of the upper eyelid, light cover part of the pupil, serious pupil is completely covered, congenital can also cause amblyopia. In order to overcome the visual impairment, the patients with bilateral drooping need to look up at the object, forming a special posture of looking up and wrinkled forehead.

Third: mainly to prevent visual loss and improve appearance, should be aimed at the cause of treatment. If congenital blepharoptosis affects visual development, it should be corrected by early operation. If it is mild blepharoptosis, does not affect visual development, surgery can be selected to improve the appearance. Unilateral ptosis occlusion pupil should strive for early surgery, operation time is best before 6 years old, in order to prevent the formation of amblyopia.

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From this, we can know that part of the reason for ptosis is due to genetic problems, so it shows that there is a certain probability of inheritance, but ptosis can still be cured by surgery, so the patients are too worried about taking it and need to treat the disease in time.