#125355 - 03/17/04 05:46 PM
epiphora
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Carpal Tunnel
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In ophthalmology, epiphora means excessive secretion of tears.
I can't quite reconcile this with the meaning in poetry:
EPISTROPHE (ehp-ISS-truh-fee)
Also called epiphora, the repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases or verses, as in Lincoln's "of the people, by the people, for the people."
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#125357 - 03/18/04 05:36 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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epiphora means excessive secretion of tears
Please do you know of a treatment Dr Bill? I know someone who has this problem.
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#125358 - 03/21/04 06:53 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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I would wonder - is it truly excess secretion of tears or, rather, inability for the tears to drain into the nose, because a duct is blocked? I think it takes an ophthalmologist to diagnose and treat, if that's the condition. Don't know much more. One of my grandchildren has a blocked duct like that, and her parents haven't felt a need to have it corrected. Maybe one can outgrow it, given time. (Though it doesn't sound as though your acquaintance has quite the same condition.)
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#125359 - 03/22/04 08:07 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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No, it's more a case of the eyes watering excessively under only the slightest physical stimulus - a gentle zephyr for example rather than a strong breeze. I imagine sensitivity varies and there's nothing to be done about it!
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#125360 - 05/10/04 08:24 PM
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What's the opposite? I know several erstwhile contact lens wearers with this condition
jj
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#125361 - 05/11/04 05:43 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Well, there's a disease called keratoconjunctivitis sicca, which means eyes so dry there is irritation to the cornea. And there's the "sicca syndrome," which is dryness all over - scanty tears, saliva, and other body fluids, which sometimes is part of the spectrum of collagen disease (including lupus), or Reynaud's Phenomenon, or a fancier one called Sjogren's syndrome. But dry eyes by themselves might be completely benign, whereas the others are real diseases...I'm sure the symptom has a Latin name, but (as a cardiologist) I can't help much more than that.
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#125363 - 05/13/04 09:15 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Ah. That would be xerophthalmia. Although that means "dry eyes" rather than a paucity of tears.
You could have wet eyes with few or many tears, depending on the drainage; I can't think of any other way to get dry eyes except inadequate tearing. [another word with one spelling, two meanings depending on pronunciation - "tairing" vs. "teering" as it were]
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