when i yawn my eyes water a little bit why is that?

Question: when i yawn my eyes water a little bit why is that?
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Asked by to Michael on 17 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Michael Kelly answered on 17 Jun 2014:
  
  There are at least two possible reasons for this, yawning squeezes the eyelid and causes a tiny leak of tears another is the large intake of breath causes you to relax and alter the nervous stimulation to the tear gland (lacrimal gland) and increase tear product. I suspect nobody really knows.

jasminebvbarmy commented on 18 Jun 2014:

thank you that’s really helpful to know I have wondered that for a while.

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Question: when i yawn my eyes water a little bit why is that?