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How could a person acquire an eye disorder?

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Many modes: Eyes have a variety of needs for glasses, can get various infections, suffer trauma, have inherited disorders, develop disease from diabetes and other systemic diseases, and are susceptible to defects that arise from development before birth and aging. The eye like all parts of the body, can develop many different disorders.

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