My child’s eyes keep watering!

Chapter 100 My child’s eyes keep watering!



Up to 20% of infants have a watery eye in the first month of life.1 The vast majority have congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction; the rest may have potentially serious problems. Acquired watering eyes present another range of diagnoses.


Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and its management are discussed elsewhere in this book (see Chapter 21).



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