Sarah is the author of nine novels. The ninth hard cover, Above the East China Sea, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2014. The soft cover is being released by Penguin on April 28, 2015.
Tear over-secretion is usually caused by irritation or inflammation of the surface of the eye. This can occur for a number of reasons, including eyelash and eyelid problems or allergies. Oddly, a dry eye problem can sometimes cause watery eyes, because the eye produces excess tears to combat the irritation and dryness.
One of the major causes of watery eyes is chronic dry eyes. This is because, in the state of over-dryness, your brain is signaling your eyes to produce âreflexâ tears, the tears you cry with. Reflex tears are of a different consistency and quantity than the basal tears which normally coat the cornea.