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Why do people suffer watering eyes when they have a cold?
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Conjunctivitis : There is often inflammation or infection of the mucous membrane lining of the eye when one has a cold. This is called conjunctivitis and essentially amounts to irritation leading to reflex tearing.
Answered 1/17/2016
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