A member asked:

When i blow my nose liquid squirts out my eye. i have read various cases of this, however, i have i.i.h so i worry it could be increased pressure..

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Dr. Mark Sibley answered

Specializes in LASIK Surgery

Squirting eye: 1st, it is probably normal..EVERYONE has tiny tubes the carry our tears away from our eyes and down into the nose aided by gravity...That's why our nose runs when we cry..If you blow your nose and that pressure pushes from your nose backwards , that pressure can push the tears backwards and back where they started, in your eyes..Then they have to start that journey all over again...So relax

Answered 11/11/2020

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