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Light sensitivity is a clinical finding in which either a person's eyes are more sensitive to light than normal resulting in pain with bright light or a person's skin is more likely to be sunburnt upon exposure to sunlight.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

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Eye

Is Symptom of

Tension headache
Condition
Pink eye (viral conjunctivitis)
Condition
Corneal abrasion (scratch)
Condition
Sty (hordeolum)
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Chalazion
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