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My eyes hurt when i am not wearing my glasses and after that i get headaches?

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Muscle strain: When you are not wearing you glasses, the muscles in the eye are straining to focus. Obviously they are unable to. After a while the muscle will fatigue and you will experience pain, fatigue and a possible headache.

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Answered 2/17/2013

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