Summary-line: 18-Apr        to: immune, cnorman  #Re: Tears
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 20:53:22 pdt
From: cnorman (Cyndi Norman)
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Subject: Re: Tears
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 20:53:22 pdt
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From: botteron@bu-it.bu.edu (Carol Botteron)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 19:41:48 -0400

I've heard (sorry, no references) that tears we cry when we're unhappy
contain "bad" stress chemicals, and that this is one of the body's ways
of getting rid of them.  Supposedly when we cry because we're chopping
onions or because of some other external irritsnt, the tears do not
contain these chemicals.

If this is true, maybe a person's skin can be sensitive to the stress
chemicals.  Original poster -- do you have the same swelling problem
if you cry from chopping onions?

Disclaimer:  I can't be positive of any of this, but if anyone knows
better, someone would probably be interested.

Carol Botteron  botteron@bu-it.bu.edu