Drooping upper eyelid

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In patients with this disease the upper eyelids are drooped down and cannot be raised, so that the pupils are partially or completely covered, interfering with vision.

Ptosis of the upper eyelid in patients with myasthenia gravis can be treated by the following methods.

Applications of hand therapy:

Acupuncture therapy:

At regular and extra acupoints:

Location: Hegu (LI 4) and Zhongdu (TE 3) acupoints.

Method of manipulation: The medium needling stimulation is applied and the needles are retained for 20 minutes.

At reflective points:

Location: Eye point, spleen point, and liver point.

Method of manipulation: The needles are inserted for 1 cm and retained for five minutes after medium needling stimulation.

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