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Rhinorrhea, rhinorrhoea, or informally runny nose is the free discharge of a thin mucus fluid from the nose; [1] it is a common condition. It is a common symptom of allergies ( hay fever) or certain viral infections, such as the common cold or COVID-19. It can be a side effect of crying, exposure to cold temperatures, cocaine abuse, [2] or drug ...
Crying. A young child crying. Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, excitement, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from ...
Blushing or erubescence is the reddening of a person's face due to psychological reasons. [1] [2] [3] It is normally involuntary and triggered by emotional stress associated with passion, embarrassment, shyness, fear, anger, or romantic stimulation . Severe blushing is common in people who have social anxiety in which the person experiences ...
Mental health conditions. While some mental health conditions such as depression can make people cry more often, they can also cause a lack of emotion or make it more difficult to cry. "We know ...
Hematidrosis is a condition in which capillary blood vessels that feed the sweat glands rupture, causing them to exude blood, occurring under conditions of extreme physical or emotional stress. [4] Severe mental anxiety activates the sympathetic nervous system to invoke the fight-or-flight response to such a degree as to cause hemorrhage of the ...
Pseudobulbar affect ( PBA ), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing. PBA occurs secondary to a neurologic disorder or brain injury. Patients may find themselves crying uncontrollably at something that is only slightly sad, being unable to stop themselves for ...
Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. [3] It affects more than 280 million people of all ages (about 3.5% of the global population). [4] Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. [5] Depressed people often experience loss of motivation or interest in, or reduced pleasure or ...
Haemolacria can manifest as tears ranging from merely red-tinged to appearing to be entirely made of blood, [1] and may also be indicative of a tumor in the lacrimal apparatus. It is most often provoked by local factors such as bacterial conjunctivitis, environmental damage or injuries. [2] On rare occasions, a nosebleed may result in bloody ...
After dinner, when most boys were dismissed from the table to go play board games or watch TV, the younger boys, like Philip, stayed to clean up.
Isa. Maryam bint Imran ( Arabic: مَرْيَم بِنْت عِمْرَان, romanized : Maryam bint ʿImrān, lit. ' Mary, daughter of Imran ') is revered in Islam. The Qur'an refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the greatest woman to have ever lived. [1] [2] [3] In the Quran, her story is related in three Meccan surahs ...