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If epiphora is caused by ectropion or entropion, lid repair is indicated. Punctal irrigation is also required. In infants with nasolacrimal defects, a nasolacrimal duct probe is used and a tube replacement, either temporary (Crawford) or permanent (Jones), is carried out. A surgical procedure called
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Causes of epiphora are any that cause either overproduction of tears or decreased drainage of tears, resulting in tearing onto the cheek. This can be due to ocular irritation and inflammation (including
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Another cause could be poor reconstruction of the nasolacrimal duct system after trauma to the area. Cause of trauma could be facial fractures (including nasoethmoid fractures or maxillary
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dye can be used to examine for punctal reflux by pressing on the canaliculi in which the clinician should note resistance of reflux as it irrigates through the punctum into the nose.
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Diagnosis of epiphora is clinical by history presentation and observation of the lids.
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is an overflow of tears onto the face, other than caused by normal
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189:"Handbook of Ocular Disease Management - Chronic Epiphora"
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is an imaging method used to detect obstructions in the
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reported a few cases of epiphora among participants.
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1386:arteritic anterior (AAION or arteritic AION)
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1941:Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
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1460:Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
16:Outflow of tears from the eye without crying
788:Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy
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77:or condition that constitutes insufficient
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128:A systematic review studying the usage of
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229:"Punctal occlusion for dry eye syndrome"
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1268:Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
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1391:non-arteritic anterior (NAION)
1228:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
227:Ervin AM, Law A, Pucker AD (2017).
13:
1263:Persistent tunica vasculosa lentis
14:
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991:Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
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1096:Central retinal artery occlusion
1101:Branch retinal artery occlusion
830:Terrien's marginal degeneration
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1131:Bietti's crystalline dystrophy
1091:Central retinal vein occlusion
820:Pellucid marginal degeneration
245:10.1002/14651858.CD006775.pub3
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1184:Vitelliform macular dystrophy
1075:Posterior vitreous detachment
941:Persistent pupillary membrane
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104:obstructed tear outflow tract
1671:Leber's congenital amaurosis
1582:Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
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1273:Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease
1258:Persistent fetal vasculature
1189:Leber's congenital amaurosis
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470:Meibomian gland dysfunction
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1194:Birdshot chorioretinopathy
1168:Central serous retinopathy
986:Focal choroidal excavation
859:Corneal neovascularization
676:Subconjunctival hemorrhage
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233:Cochrane Database Syst Rev
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1577:Convergence insufficiency
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1218:Primary juvenile glaucoma
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1063:Cytomegalovirus retinitis
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412:Diseases of the human eye
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21:Epiphora (disambiguation)
1087:Ocular ischemic syndrome
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1587:One and a half syndrome
1341:Foster Kennedy syndrome
1826:Argyll Robertson pupil
626:Periorbital cellulitis
1799:Scintillating scotoma
1465:Kearns–Sayre syndrome
1408:Toxic and nutritional
1381:posterior (PION)
864:Kayser–Fleischer ring
169:dacryocystorhinostomy
1572:Conjugate gaze palsy
1443:Paralytic strabismus
1376:anterior (AION)
1158:Retinitis pigmentosa
1153:Macular degeneration
926:Intermediate uveitis
842:Keratoconjunctivitis
28:Water from Your Eyes
19:For other uses, see
1877:Childhood blindness
1856:Parinaud's syndrome
1426:Extraocular muscles
1214:Ocular hypertension
1178:Epiretinal membrane
1163:Retinal haemorrhage
1018:Congenital cataract
366:Epiphora (medicine)
108:conjunctivochalasis
39:Epiphora (medicine)
1403:Leber's hereditary
1070:Retinal detachment
1023:Childhood cataract
835:Post-LASIK ectasia
616:Orbital cellulitis
565:Lacrimal apparatus
341:External resources
156:lacrimal apparatus
152:Dacryoscintigraphy
110:, infection (i.e.
81:drainage from the
26:For the band, see
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1831:Marcus Gunn pupil
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1728:Visual impairment
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1488:Fourth-nerve (IV)
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1353:Optic disc drusen
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793:Corneal dystrophy
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132:for treatment of
123:Le Fort fractures
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33:Medical condition
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1650:Vision disorders
1609:Refractive error
1551:Brown's syndrome
1507:Other strabismus
1493:Sixth-nerve (VI)
1483:Oculomotor (III)
1455:Ophthalmoparesis
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1363:Optic neuropathy
1329:optic papillitis
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1180:(Macular pucker)
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879:Band keratopathy
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621:Orbital lymphoma
508:Blepharophimosis
498:Blepharochalasis
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1565:Other binocular
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1233:Ocular hypotony
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1058:Chorioretinitis
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979:Chorioretinitis
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936:Rubeosis iridis
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883:
854:Corneal opacity
810:Corneal ectasia
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666:Pseudopterygium
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592:
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518:Ankyloblepharon
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1768:Quadrantanopia
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1713:Oguchi disease
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1556:Duane syndrome
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1324:Optic neuritis
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1136:Coats' disease
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776:Photokeratitis
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583:Dacryocystitis
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573:Dacryoadenitis
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1348:Optic atrophy
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1248:Keratomycosis
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1243:Globe rupture
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1173:Macular edema
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1082:Retinoschisis
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946:Iridodialysis
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1635:Aniseikonia
1626:Astigmatism
1546:Cyclotropia
1524:Hypertropia
1336:Papilledema
1308:Optic nerve
1141:Sickle cell
1121:Purtscher's
1106:Retinopathy
974:Choroiditis
815:Keratoconus
636:Conjunctiva
513:Xanthelasma
465:Blepharitis
350:MedlinePlus
148:Fluorescein
1900:Infections
1821:Anisocoria
1784:Asthenopia
1777:subjective
1761:homonymous
1756:bitemporal
1708:Nyctalopia
1696:Dichromacy
1640:Presbyopia
1601:Refraction
1422:Strabismus
1312:Optic disc
671:Pinguecula
536:Trichiasis
361:Patient UK
326:DiseasesDB
199:2007-05-13
175:References
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1846:Mydriasis
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1053:Retinitis
751:Keratitis
728:Scleritis
661:Pterygium
541:Madarosis
488:Ectropion
483:Entropion
460:Chalazion
140:Diagnosis
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1935:Category
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1371:Ischemic
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1111:diabetic
1013:Cataract
951:Synechia
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