DEAR DR. GOTT: I enjoy reading your column and your common sense approach to many health issues.
A friend of mine who is a nurse and worked for a doctor had a problem which caused her much grief. Her eyes were dry and would clamp shut. She couldn’t open them at appropriate times, such as when driving. She had a couple minor accidents as a result.
One day when her husband was at the eye doctor, he mentioned her problem to the doctor who rattled off some big name condition, blepharospasms. She was examined by him later and diagnosed.
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