Can you sleep with no eyelids?
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Yes... but the real problem would be that your eyes would dry out unless you continually bathed them.
86357
Hmmmm that is an interesting conundrum indeed...I would suggest maybe trying a toothpick between the two eyelids...or maybe a strong bonding solvent like super glue (of course then your eye is going to be open all the time and it would always get dried out and freak people out), or maybe you could staple your eyelids open nightly, lastly the only other thing I can think of is having snaps surgically implanted into the eyelids and skin so you can snap your eye open every night....
498221
... there is a simple way.\nTake cotton wet it with cold milk and keep it over your closed eyes (eyelids) for about 5 minutes.
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NO, because our eyes are normally closed when we sleep... Blinking occurs naturally and is triggered by our brain when it detects that the the eye needs moisture. Blinking at some point can trigger our tear glands to release liquid to help avoid dryness.\n\nThe phenomenon you see when a sleeping person seem to jitter his eyes when close is called R.E.M. or Rapid Eye Movement. This usually happens when a person is dreaming in his sleep.
177959
Eyelids don't grow back, and you won't be able to close your eyes if you loose them.\n\nEyelashes do grow back.
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I was an insomniac (and sometimes still am) and once a 'sleep doctor' told me this:\n\nWhen light enters your eyes, it stimulates the brain, and tells the body that it is awake. Your brain has to work to process the picture in front of you, even if you've been staring at it for hours. So, with the light stimulation, or even in total darkness where you can't see anything, if your eyes are open, your brain is attempting to process whatever image is, or is not there. Therefore, if your eyes are open and blinking, your brain is working. To sleep, your body needs to be at rest - including your brain. So, when the brain feels that it needs to rest, it forces the body to shut its eyes so that the brain only has to concentrate on the basest forms of work, such as breathing and keeping your heart beating (both of which coincidentally slow during sleep), and will be able to rest due to the greatly decreased amount of work it has to do. As long as your eyes are open, you are thinking too much for it to be able to rest.\n\nI hope that helps. ^_^
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By squint I assume that you mean the eyes.  If you have had an eye examination and you do not require glasses there is to my knowledge no option for squinting (a drooping of the eyelids) other than surgery.  Surgery is quite simple but no medical procedure today is inexpensive.
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YOur eyes are closed.
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What I've read, there is some confusion about the function of sleep.\n\nOne aspect is to properly rest your muscles, the other may be to reconsolidate thoughts from that day. At certain times during sleep (REM phase) the brain is very active, so it is unlikely that you can call this rest.\n\nFrom A-Level Psychology I remember that brains can adapt to sleeping habbits so it is possible to reduce the amount of sleep you get. To go without sleep completely for long periods is generally considered unhealthy.
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I am a nurse working on the night shift.  I often see people sleeping with their eyes open on my hourly rounds.  It really creeps me out!  Sleeping with eyes open would dry eyes out terribly and corneal abrasions would probably occur.  Not a  silly question.  You might also post it in the health forum.
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Bony fishes don't have eyelids. Cartilaginous fishes (sharks and rays) have a more or less developed lower eyelid thay may or may not have a nictitating membrane (a transparent extra eyelid). In any case, sharks close their eyes for protection when they bite, not for sleeping. And the upper eyelid is just a tegumentary fold.\nSee a nice illustration here (from Elasmoworld):\nhttp://www.elasmoworld.org/biology/anatomy/shark/external/diagrams/eye.gif\n\nFish sleep with their eyes open (the definition of fish "sleep" is not completely agreed upon, some researchers speak of "sleep-like behavior").\n--------------------\nKamannchie_girl, what do whales have to do with the question? You'll only confuse people if you mix whales with fish.
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er...you wouldn't be using your eyes..they are "closed"...so...nope
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Hello,\n\nAs I am sure you know by now, Bell's palsy affects the VII cranial nerve.  That is the nerve that controls the facial musculature, including eye lids.  So the first question is, do you think you have a normal blinking pattern in the affected eye.  Compare it with the normal eye.  If both eyes are tearing, that is less likely due to Bell's as that is a local and thus one-sided process.  Additionally, the facial nerve carries nerve impulses to the lacrimal or tear glands, so it may be at work here, but again that would usually be a one one sided process. \n\nAs far what to do about the tears...manually blink your eye using the back of your finger at regular intervals, and especially when it feels dry.  If blinking is not a problem, or if the tearing continues, I'd see an ophthalmologist.  Hope that helps.
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yes, but have you ever woken up and not be able to move, or seen shadow out the corner of your eye
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Because we lose the facial muscle while we r a sleep...all of them  (generally the muscles in the body are lose when we sleep to be comfortable and to relax them)  others like ear or nose do not need muscles to be open\n\n\nLevator palprebrae superioris raises the upper eyelid, pulling it back into the eye socket and exposing the top of the iris and sclera around it. This action opens the eyes wide. It originates in the roof of the orbit and inserts in various tissues, including the surface of the upper eyelid. It is innervated by the oculomotor nerve (III) and is supplied with blood by the internal carotid and supraorbital arteries.
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noo loool.. but ur vision can worsen.. to prevent that, every 10 minutes move ur eyes from the screen for about a minute and look at somthg distant.. so ur eye muscles will not get tired.. and u wont go blind lol;)
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Why do you have this obsession with weird sleep habits? (I just answered another of your questions regarding sleep.) Sleeping with your eyes open would be bad, since your eyes could dry out. As for sleeping standing up, I doubt that would be very good either.