Have you ever wondered why you cry? Or from where does this water come from? Well, you can find some of the answers to your questions here.Enjoy Learning ✨✨⚡

Guys, Here Is All About Crying

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">We are the only animals that cry and it's a sort of a signal that tells other people about your mood. Thus, it increases your chances of survival.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Crying happens when oxytocin(a.k.a love hormones) levels increase in your body.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It relieves your body both physically and mentally.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It's a way of relaxing yourself from a vigilant state and flushing out stress hormones.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It contains a natural painkiller known as leucine enkephaline.</li></ul>

Crying 

<ul><li>The Lacrimal Glands above your eyes produce the tears.</li><li>Tears mainly consist of salt, proteins, and anti-bacterial enzymes.</li><li>The Lacrimal Puncta (small tubular structures) drains your old tears.</li><li>When a lot of emotional / reflex tears are created, they overwhelm the lacrimal drainage system. That’s when the tears spill out of your eyes, run down your cheeks, and sometimes dribble out of your nose. </li></ul>

What Really Happens?

<ul><li>This is because an unpeeled onion contains Sulfoxide but when opened it produces Sulfenic Acid.</li><li>It's also a self-defense mechanism of onions to prevent ground animals from eating them.</li></ul>

Why Do Onions Make You Cry??

<ul><li>There is a hole in your eye known as Lacrimal Puncta.</li><li>This hole drains your tears into the Lacrimal Sac, which is present inside your nose. Therefore, you get a runny nose.</li></ul>

Why Do You Get A Runny Nose When You Cry?

1. Lipid/Oil Layer:  It prevents the evaporation of the tears and lubricates the cornea.2. Aqueous(water)Layer: This layer contains the necessary vitamins and salt that nourish the cornea, hydrate it, and protect the cornea from bacteria 3. Mucous Layer: Helps the tears to stick to the eye.

The Different Layers Of A Tear Drop

1. Reflex Tears<ul><li>These tears are produced due to irritants</li><li>It contains more water than the rest of the types of tears.</li><li>They contain more antibodies to ward off foreign particles like, for example, onions, dust, smoke, etc.</li></ul>

Types of tears 

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Production of emotional tears is controlled by the Hypothalamus which is responsible for the regulation of human emotions.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">They contain higher levels of proteins(known as Adrenocorticotropic hormones) and natural painkillers. (known as leucine enkephaline)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It is also known as psychogenic lacrimation.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Emotional tears result in slower breathing and a higher heart rate, stabilizing your mood.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Some scientists speculate that tears of happiness occur due to the sad part of the happy part. For example, meeting someone after a long time, since you are happy to meet them as well as sad as you missed them. </li></ul>

2. Emotional/Psychic Tears

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">These tears help in lubricating, nourishing, and protecting the cornea, avoiding dryness of the eyes. They are constantly generated.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">As part of the immune system, they shield the eyes from germs and bacteria.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Its production slows with age, and this can lead to the development of dry eyes.</li></ul>

3. Basal Tears 

Tears are indeed strange and research based on it is still going on without any proper conclusion. Thank you, Have a fabulous day ahead!🔥🔥⚡

Tears Are Strange

Pranav Venu