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Im worried about my eyes. one eyelid seems to shut more than the other one. one of my eyes look fine but the other one looks really closed?

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See an eye doctor: There are lots of reasons for this, some more urgent than others. You need to see and eye doctor.

Answered 3/2/2014

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