Watery eyes during urination

Pediatrics. 2012 Mar;129(3):e803-5. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0100. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

Abstract

We report the unusual case of tear production with painless micturition, only once described in the medical literature in 1932. We report on a 3-year-old girl with painless "watering of her eyes every time she passed urine" present since birth and occasionally associated with a vacant look and dropping of her jaw. With only 1 previously described case in the literature but clear evidence from online fora, we describe how this phenomenon may be more common than previously thought.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rare Diseases
  • Tears / metabolism*
  • Urination / physiology*