What is epiphora or watery eyes and what causes it? Answered by Dr. Howard E. Lewine M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard ...

One can think of this apparatus as having both functional and anatomical (structural) components. The first component is functional and consists of the lacrimal pump. During blinking, the ...

The AAOS postulated on their website that the eye findings such as epiphora could have instead represented “fluid overload” in critically ill patients. “Fluid overload” is a common ...

Culture and cytology of the secretions can confirm infection. This is why epiphora, or watery eyes with excessive tearing, resulting from a blocked nasolacrimal duct shows milky secretions from ...

It is interesting to note that epiphora in adults is due to a variety of factors; upper system problems comprise up to 50% of cases in some studies. [2] The causes of adult epiphora can be broken ...