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What produces eye gunk when we sleep?

What produces eye gunk when we sleep?

Update: 2024-10-31
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Have you ever woken up in the morning with the corners of your eyes filled with crud? Sleepy sand? Eye goblins? Dozy dust? Bed boogers? Why do our eyes make this stuff, anyway? And why does it build up when we’re asleep? We asked Yale eye doctor Soshian Sarrafpour to help us get to the bottom of this issue.


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What produces eye gunk when we sleep?

What produces eye gunk when we sleep?

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