Can a human being cry blood?
Effectively. There are very few cases that are known, but this condition is called hemolacria and when it manifests it is truly shocking.
It is usually part of the symptoms of some disease , for example a tumor in the lacrimal apparatus . Although it can also happen if the eye is injured or we suffer bacterial conjunctivitis. It should be noted, however, that sometimes doctors can not find the specific cause . Do you want to know a really amazing case ?
Crying blood is possible. The shocking case of Calvin Inman
Calvin Inman is an American teenager who appeared in various media outlets showing what was happening with his body: 3 times a day he cried blood . His mother allowed her son to expose himself to all this media attention hoping that a cure for his condition was found, but although he has been diagnosed with hemolacria, the causes of it are still being investigated.
The young Calvin suffered a lot the first time this happened, to the point of asking his mother if those macabre tears meant that he was going to die soon . His mother took him to the emergency room with a shrunken heart, but it did not help much, because even though his son did not have any more symptoms that put his life in danger, these tears continue to appear every day . Doctors say there could be millions of reasons why the boy suffers from this disorder, but they can not find the concrete cause . Meanwhile, Calvino has become accustomed to teasing and comments that hint that he may be possessed. Although at first they might hurt him, he is learning to live with it .
The case of Calvin Inman is not isolated. There are more people who have been seen crying blood
Calvino's is not the only case in the world of hemolacria . In 2009 the authorities in Mali reported the existence of a 13-year-old girl, Twinkle Dwiverdi , who not only cried blood , but "sweated" her . He covered his whole body without any wound that could explain such a hemorrhage. Dr. Bauchman, a pediatrician at the University of Texas and practicing at the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, also finds no explanation for what happens to Twinkle.
The mother of the girl suffers from Munchausen Syndrome (in general terms, a disorder that causes the patient to self-inflict injuries to be treated and is convinced that he suffers from an incurable disease). This, makes Dr. Bauchman, regarding the blood sweat by Twinkle, shuffles the possibility that it is the mother herself who puts it on the girl, especially because it has occurred during nocturnal episodes and that only she has witnessed.
As for the bloody tears , Dr. Bauchman finds no logical reason to explain it. He is as lost as Calvin's doctors.
It should be noted that in neither case do the young people feel too much pain , the occasional stinging and headache, but not frequently. We hope that one day, soon, a cure will be found for a biological phenomenon that is truly chilling and mysterious.
