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Whenever Chew The Food, Gets Tears In Eye. What Could Be The Reason?

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2013

Question: I have one query for my wife. Whenever she chew the food, she gets tears in her right eye. What could be the reason, and should I need to visit to dentist or ENT or eye specialist?

Answered by Dr. Guru (1 hour later)

Hi,

The most common reason tears in one eye without proper reason is blockage of lacrimal duct or probably those ducts are too narrow. It is better to XXXXXXX an Eye Specialist (Ophtalmologist) and not an ENT or dentist.

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Follow up: Dr. Guru (3 minutes later)

Thanks Dr. Vasanth.
Only thing I want to stress is, tears come, only when she eats otherwise not.
Hope still your answer is valid.

Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Guru (5 minutes later)

Hi,

Thanks for the update and follow up.

Yes, most probably she might be having narrowing of tear draining ducts. If the tears accumulate because of this narrowing, there may be risk of infection. So, I suggest to consult Eye Specialist to properly diagnose the problem based on physical examination.

Wish you good health.

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