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Q. when i cry why does my nose block up? its really annoying.
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A. Simply put for the biologically minded observer it is a matter of tears being produced by your tear glands. They flow out of the tear ducts. Some of them run down the outside of your face. Some of them are gathered up by a duct after cleaning your eye and drained down through your nose. This loosens up the mucous and your nose runs.
It makes some sense, I guess, biologically. The tears are there to keep the eye moistened, but also in cases of threat from dust and other outside irritants or dangers, to cleanse the eye and wash out impurities. Similarly, snot's there to block and wash out all sorts of external threats and irritants. So if your eyes are sensing a problem it's a good idea to get the nose to protect against it too. The body efficiently takes care of both with the same tears in the case of crying.
But I figure it's there to humble you. If you are weeping you are taking things so very seriously. By making your nose run your body is reminding you that you aren't some great tragic figure. Look, even at your most emotional moment you can still look silly and get all embarrassed by a bodily function out of your control. You are trying to look like a tragic hero, your body is laughing and saying "yeah, but get a kleenex because this beweeping your fate thing doesn't make you look as exalted as you think." Or maybe it's a message that what you think is tragic is really just an irritant to be washed away by salt water and snot, get over it.
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