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How do tears protect us against infective conjunctivitis

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Preventing infection Foreign bodies that enter the eye are washed out by tears. Moreover, tears contain a substance called lysozyme, which has an antibacterial action, and works to prevent invasion and infection by microbes. Healing damage to the surface of the eye

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