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My eye is shutting what could it be and what to do for it?
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Rinse it: You may have a foreign body or a scratch. Try rinsing it. If the symptom continues, go see an eye MD for proper diagnosis. It can be caused by many other things as well. Some of them are dry eye, nervous tic, uveitis, neurological disorder..
Answered 10/21/2014
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