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This is my fourth week of pink eye. why isn't it going away?

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A few thoughts: Persistent symptoms could be due to inappropriate or incomplete treatment, recurrent exposure to infection or allergen, or misdiagnosis to begin with!

Dr Fowler and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 2/25/2019

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