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Query About Eye Rubbing
Doctor, I Have Some Query About Eye Rubbing.
1) I Was Rubbed My Eye For 7-10 Days Due To Conjunctivitis. Now, Have I A Change To Get Effected To Keratoconus For This 7-10 Days Rubbing?
2) I Have Rubbed My Left Eye Too Hardly (I Think) For 3-4 Times Today. Can This Rubbing Cause Keratoconus To My Eye?
Please Answer This Valuable Questions, Doctor.
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Rubbing as such can't produce keratoconus. But as such rubbing is bad for eyes.
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Dr. Ankita Sharma
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13 yrs exp
New Delhi
Donot worry , Rubbing cannot cause keratoconus.
But rubbing can be a sourse of infection so avoid it
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