Drooping of the eyelid is called ptosis. Ptosis may result from
damage to the nerve that controls the muscles of the eyelid,
problems with the muscle strength (as in myasthenia gravis), or
from swelling of the lid.
Review Date: 02/18/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
