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Is it unusual a headache to cause watery eyes?

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Commonly: Headaches tend to stimulate the nervous system elsewhere in the body and that can include the nerves to the tear secretion mechansim. Thus excess tearing can occur and that causes watery eyes.

Answered 11/24/2013

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