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  • Do I Have the Dreaded Pink Eye?

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    There are many things that can cause your eye to turn red.

    The eye looks red when the blood vessels that are in the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that covers the white of your eye and the backside of your eyelids) becomes dilated.

    Those...

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