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Can you get red eye from stress?
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Red eye from stress: Stress can cause patients to stop blinking or dry up the tear film which can cause eye redness. Stress also can exacerbate any intraocular or ocular inflammatory processes which can cause eye redness.
Answered 5/20/2019
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