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Could stress cause unequal pupil sizes?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Well...: If you already had unequal pupil sizes (anisocoria) ; the pupils dilated under stress- it could become more apparent.

Answered 2/19/2016

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