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What actually is happening in the eye when you have bloodshot eyes?
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Hemorrages,allergy: Blood shot eyes can be due to hemorrages under the conjunctiv, or allergiies, and sometimes due to viral ot bacterial infections and rarely as a sign of systemic condtions collagen diseases, called iritis or iridoconjunctivitis.
Answered 9/10/2014
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