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Caída del párpado - Overview

Definición:

Es el descuelgue excesivo del párpado superior.

Ver también: ptosis

Consideraciones generales:

Un párpado caído puede permanecer constante, empeorar con el tiempo (progresivo) o aparecer y desaparecer (intermitente), y puede darse en un lado o en ambos. Cuando la caída afecta un lado solamente (unilateral), es fácil de detectar comparando los dos párpados. La caída es más difícil de detectar cuando se presenta en ambos lados o cuando el problema es muy sutil.

El hecho de arrugar la frente o inclinar la cabeza hacia atrás puede ser un signo de que alguien está tratando de ver por debajo de los párpados caídos. Los párpados caídos pueden hacer que la persona se vea soñolienta o cansada.

Los párpados caídos pueden estar presentes ya sea al nacer (congénitos) o desarrollarse posteriormente en la vida y no deben ser un motivo de pánico, pero sí se le debe comentar al médico.

Causas comunes:

Los párpados caídos pueden deberse a una variedad de afecciones incluyendo envejecimiento, diabetes, accidente cerebrovascular, síndrome de Horner, miastenia grave o un tumor cerebral u otro cáncer que afecte las reacciones nerviosas o musculares. A continuación se presentan algunas causas.

En ambos párpados:

En un solo párpado:

  • Neoplasia en el párpado, como un orzuelo
  • Problema de salud
  • Lesión nerviosa
  • Proceso normal de envejecimiento
  • Variación normal
  • Reviewed last on: 8/3/2010
  • Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Custer PL. Blepharoptosis. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 12.5.

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