My ipod nano 5th gen has grey 'scratches' underneath screen, fixes?

Last night I was in bed and I turned my ipod on and the screen was lighting up with grey lines which were like marks covering the battery bar and the time, the rest of the screen was clear. I tried to reset it but it stayed, I continued to use it normally today but it carried on playing music although I paused it then turned the songs off, when I went to turn the ipod off again the screen had lots of grey scratch-like marks over the album artwork and a big grey circle over where the title, artist and album should be. There aren't on the outside screen and could be from screens within, however not sure. Is there any way that this problem can be fixed?

Hello Emilyyandrews,
To fix try this:
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano5gen/
This has the best chance of fixing your issue if its not hardware related. If it does not fix it then you may want to consider setting the ipod up for service:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do
Or you can call Apple and have them set it up for you. Have your serial number ready.
1800 MY APPLE
Hope this helps.
~Julian

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