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Created: Aug 27, , IST. In our previous articles about yawning, we have talked about what your yawn means and health dangers hidden behind excessive yawning. This puts pressure on tear-producing glands and, before you know it, your eyes fill with tears. As strange as it sounds, overly watery eyes can be due to dry eyes. That prompts the overproduction of watery tears. If you have dry eye syndrome, your eyes can be easily triggered into watering by the simple act of yawning.
You may notice that you tear up when yawning sometimes, but not always. This variation could be due to other factors occurring at the same time, such as:.
Just as dry eyes can leave you dripping with tears, they can also make it more difficult to produce tears at all. If you produce fewer tears in general, you may very well remain tear-free when you yawn.
It may have to do with factors related to our physical state as well as our current environment. If you yawn a lot, tear up way more than you used to, or are very bothered by it, you might consider it excessive. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who specialize in the treatment of diseases of the eye, such as dry eye syndrome.
If you think you yawn excessively , a primary care doctor can help determine if a sleep disorder or other health issue is at the root of the problem.
Getting treatment for allergies, dry eye syndrome, or other eye conditions may improve matters. Tears should not burn when you yawn or at any other time. Burning or stinging tears could be due:. If burning lasts more than a few days, or if you have accompanying symptoms, see an eye doctor for evaluation. It also seems that people are more susceptible to catching a yawn from someone we know well versus a stranger.
So, your eyes might water when you yawn. They might not. Korin is a former New Yorker who now lives at the beach. She received a double B. Korin has been published in Read more. Topics dry eye eye health.
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