When affected patients eat, tears form and run down the cheek or collect in the nose. Regeneration is a historical and antiwar novel by pat barker, first published in 1991. While crocodiles do have tear ducts, they weep to lubricate. When readers speak of sympathising with a character, they seem to be. We describe a series of patients presenting with ptosis where. Links to pubmed are also available for selected references. Pathologic lacrimation crocodile tears is a rare but stigmatizing symptom after facial nerve paralysis. Treatment of gustatory hyperlacrimation crocodile tears with injection of botulinum toxin into the lacrimal gland. Aberrant facial nerve regeneration afr following facial nerve palsy may give rise to ptosis because of increased orbicularis tone. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Treatment of gustatory hyperlacrimation crocodile tears. Alex rider returns for his eighth adventure in crocodile tears, and i had a blast with it. Crocodile tears or superficial sympathy is a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief the phrase derives from an ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey, and as such is present in many modern languages, especially in europe where it was introduced through latin.
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