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Couldstress cause visual disturbances such as diplopia?

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No: Stress could perhaps cause difficulty with focus and might even be associated with blurred vision, but true double vision would be caused by structural or metabolic problems associated with a multitude of causes.

Dr Scartozzi agreed

Answered 10/31/2012

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