Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Epiphora is excessive eye watering (tearing). It is related to physical issues resulting in either the overproduction of tears or the failure of tears to ...

References: Adler FH, Moses RA, ed. Physiology of the Eye. 7th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 1981:21. Jones LT. The cure of epiphora due to canalicular disorders, trauma and surgical failures on the ...

Epiphora is often caused by tear film and ocular surface problems rather than by anatomical obstruction of lacrimal drainage. A thorough history can lead to information regarding medications that ...

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Watery eyes, also known as epiphora, is ...

An 81-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of epiphora in the left eye and was incidentally found to have an abnormal lesion in the right eye. She had a history of a temporal pinguecula in ...

Patients were divided into three groups according to their reduction in epiphora before and after injection of BTA in the lacrimal gland. Efficacy of BTA injection was analyzed in different age ...

Epiphora was mild in seven patients, moderate in five, and severe in six. Nine patients had resolution of epiphora with tobramycin and dexamethasone administration. Nine patients had worsened ...

The epiphora is then due to interference with inferior tear meniscus and occlusion of inferior punctum. Mild conjunctivochalasis may contribute to an unstable tear film and dry eye syndrome. [ 18 ] ...