• Question: I saw in a magazine that you can cry blood, is this possible or is it just the media?

    Asked by jewlz to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Not sure. Probably you can get blood in your tears somehow.

    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 30 Jun 2012:

      It is very sensible to be sceptical of what the media says. In this case, they are right that you can cry blood (this is called haemolacria). This can be caused by anything from an infection, to a tumour of the tear gland. I once had it from being punched in the face (I wouldn’t recommend trying this)

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