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What can be done for an elderly person who excessively tears?
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Epiphora: Consistent nasal infections, or narrowing of the drainage system from the inner aspect of eye to the nose with age (nasolacrimal duct) may cause excessive tearing . It may be treatable.
Answered 11/30/2014
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