Disorders Related To Crying
- Bell's palsy, where faulty regeneration of the facial nerve can cause sufferers to shed tears while eating.
- Cri du chat, where the characteristic cry of affected infants, which is similar to that of a meowing kitten, is due to problems with the larynx and nervous system.
- Familial dysautonomia, where there can be a lack of overflow tears (alacrima) during emotional crying.
- Pathological laughing and crying, where the patients experience relatively uncontrollable episodes of laughing or crying, or both.
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