However a minority of babies have tear ducts which have not grown fully through into the back of the nose where they should open. They continue to suffer with recurrent eye infections as their ...

In newborns, a pediatrician or an eye doctor, such as an ophthalmologist or optometrist, may recommend a special type of massage near the eye to help open the tear duct. Reflex tearing is what ...

Although epiphora can be due to either excessive tear production or abnormal drainage through the nasolacrimal system, in rabbits the most common cause of epiphora is a blocked nasolacrimal duct.