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My eye is possibly infected

2017-08-28 14:37:14
I poked my eye 2 days ago and it was fine the first few ours then i notcied that it got a but puffy and that eye got smaller than the other and when i touch the far part of my left eye it starts hurting a lot and theres a red spot on where i poked it
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probably you poked your  eye with an infected  finger ,and that so hard that the eye and surrounding  tissue  got traumatized. had you done  cold compresses with ice immediately  then  this problem  might have not  arised .no you must cnsult an ophthalmologist immediately.

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