Calvino Inman Crying Blood: Haemolacria Attracts Expert Help

by Jordan Yerman | August 31, 2009 at 07:17 am

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Calvino Inman, a fifteen-year-old boy in Rockwood, TN, finds himself crying blood. Several times a day, blood drips from beneath Calvino Inman's eyelids, giving the appearance of crying blood. This is more accurately described as a secretion: Calvino Inman is crying blood on their own, and not as a result of emotion.

Calvino Inman's tears of blood don't function like normal tears, and cause a burning sensation. Also, kids at school make fun of him. Currently, doctors don't know what's causing this condition. There's a condition called Haemolacria, which is more of a symptom than a cause. Haemolacria can be caused by anything from a tumor to physical damage to the eye. Calvino Inman, smother, Tammy Mynatt, has been searching for specialists to help her son, and several have answered, from haemotologists to ear, nose and throat specialists. Meanwhile, Calvino Inman must have a pretty tough time at school over this condition.

He says it happens at least three times a day, and can last from a few minutes to up to an hour.

"Sometimes, I can feel it coming up, like a tear. I feel my eyes watering," he says. "Sometimes, it will burn as it comes out."

Calvino Inman is currently getting visits from specialists, including Dr. Barrett Haik, who literally wrote the book on Haemolacria as director of the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee.

Inman's analysis would also include a psychological evaluation to rule out the possibility that the bloody tears were faked. "When you can't find an origin, you can't eliminate any of the possibilities" Haik explains. He says there have been cases where children seeking attention have found creative ways to simulate haemolacriatic symptoms.

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ech (not verified)

at 08:43 on August 31st, 2009

Apparently his doctors never heard of wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemolacria

greenkelleen (not verified)

at 09:14 on September 4th, 2009

I'm sure the physicians know about the great WIKIGOD, and probably, considering the fact that they have finished medical school, have heard of Haemolacria without Wikipedia's help. If you looked into it at all, instead of just swallowing whole what you see on WP, you would see that Haemolacria is really just a description of the symptom the doctors are seeing, not an explanation of the cause.

vampy (not verified)

at 09:35 on September 18th, 2009

any one can change anything on wikipedia

AJP2009 (not verified)

at 09:29 on August 31st, 2009

I'm sorry, but i can't believe how much people rely and trust wikipedia.

Elmdia (not verified)

at 09:47 on August 31st, 2009

In any case, it's not like that article is particularly descriptive. Of more note is what is cited there:Ahluwalia BK, Khurana AK, Sood S. Bloody tears (haemolacria). Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 1987 [cited 2009 Aug 31];35:41-3. Available from: www.ijo.in/text.asp?1987/35/1/41/26317In the discussion, they mention a few causes of blood-tears. I'm curious if Calvino has been tested for those? I don't want to make it sound like he is some sort of medical experiment, and I know testing and testing is frustrating (not to mention expensive) but it could yield at least some answers...

Elmdia (not verified)

at 09:48 on August 31st, 2009

Concetta (not verified)

at 14:39 on August 31st, 2009

My heart goes out to the boy. I don't know if he ever heard of Padre Pio. He was cannized a Saint. He use to suffer the stigma of Christ. If he prays with a lot of devotion, St. Pio will help. He will help him to find a doctor that can cure him. I don't know what your religious belief is, but try and pray to him. Go on line or google Padre Pio, and something will come up. Or you can go into any Roman Catholic Church or any place where they sell religious articles. Get the prayer to St. Pio.

briana edwards (not verified)

at 08:07 on September 1st, 2009

that is what i am talking bout they is a gift that that boy got it is so good that i wissh i had it myself

DR23452 (not verified)

at 01:03 on September 1st, 2009

Superstition will do nothing to help this boy. He may have a tumor or other serious underlying illness and should be treated by someone who actually knows what they are doing. I hope someone at Johns Hopkins or Mayo or a similar clinic has experience with this symptom and will hear of this and offer some assistance. I also hope the family can afford it.

dancer4635 (not verified)

at 14:38 on September 1st, 2009

Calvino Inman attends my school and is one of my classmates. I have witnessed his condition. This condition is not at all a blessing or "gift". Nor is it a curse. I'm sure that with the doctors Calvino has already been to, all the possibilities for the cause of his problem have been brought to attention. It's just a matter of time before they find the cure to his condition. The best thing to do for Calvino and for the doctors who will help to cure his illness, is pray. Pray for him, his mother and family, and the doctors he sees. Start Praying. -God Bless

<unnoted> (not verified)

at 12:44 on September 2nd, 2009

Dancer,As Calvino is your classmate, please relay the following information to him.Please have Calvino and his mother research a symptom known as haemolacria. There is a 1984 case study done in India, published in 1987 by Ahluwalia, Khurana, and Sood.It is symptomatic of several possible conditions.www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1987;volume=35;issue=1;spage=41;epage=43;aulast=Ahluwalia

Irked (not verified)

at 03:27 on September 5th, 2009

Did you even read the article?

Davendo Avella (not verified)

at 06:59 on October 5th, 2009

I have the condition, although I bleed only out of my right eye and it's occurred only eight times in five years. The first time I woke up with a blood clot covering the whole side of my face. Doctors are still not sure of the cause, but an MRI showed an irregularity in one of the veins in the tear duct.

Krisspi (not verified)

at 21:28 on September 1st, 2009

I saw an advertisement on TV for a program that will be on National Geographic channel soon, about a girl named "Twinkle" that "Bleeds from her eyes".

Jenile (not verified)

at 12:47 on September 2nd, 2009

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww this is sooo sad i hope god blesses him i wished he went to my school :( i so wudnt make any funn of him :(

Lisa Wages (not verified)

at 04:49 on September 3rd, 2009

Has anyone looked into a condition called = THROMBOCYTOPENIA ?- a condition which causes a low blood platelet count, therefore abnormal bleeding

Ingrid Holvoet (not verified)

at 10:05 on September 3rd, 2009

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ingrid holvoet (not verified)

at 10:10 on September 3rd, 2009

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Ingrid Holvoet (not verified)

at 10:11 on September 3rd, 2009

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Message (not verified)

at 11:37 on September 3rd, 2009

I am a Christian from Germany and would like to encourage you to please contact Calvino Inman and his family and tell them they must pray to God and ask Jesus Christ and the Father to heal Calvino from this disease; if they are not Christians, yet, they need to repent of their sins turn to God and accept Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as their Lord and Saviour by faith in him and his blood that was shed for the forgiveness of our sins and our reconciliation with God on the cross and they should be baptised and prayed for. If you, who is reading this, have not turned to Christ and prayed to him to accept him as your Lord and Saviour, yet, please do so immediately so that your sins will be blotted out by God and you will be adopted into the family of God as a beloved son or daughter of God and you will live eternally in the Kingdom of Heaven and not be condemmned to eternal punishment in hell. Please pray for the world and the salvation of ever more souls on the planet, and that the church is continually built up in the love of Christ for the glory of God the Father!I believe for the healing of Calvino Inman and pray for him - I believe God will take the blood in his eyes away and heal and restore him completely, to the glory and praise of the LORD of Hosts! Amen. Please do also pray this prayer from Psalm 103 for Calvino: He forgives all your offences, cures all your diseases, he redeems your life from the abyss, crowns you with faithful love and tenderness; he contents you with good things all your life, renews your youth like an eagle's. (Psalm 103)Love in Christ and God bless you!

Derek Chen (not verified)

at 08:47 on September 5th, 2009

I have cure for crying blood, but unfortunaly, I didn't find any information about how to contact Calvino Inman and his family. If anyone has the contact information, please send it to derekchenzj@hotmail.com. I would like to help for free.

Jane Doe (not verified)

at 16:52 on September 5th, 2009

Has anyone ever thought, Calvino and his family live near the ASH SPILL in Kingston, TN. This could be an environmental cause from the ash spill. I also am a CHRISTIAN and belive some things are brought on by God. But, this could be MAN MADE due to the ash spill.

Jane Doe II (not verified)

at 22:09 on September 9th, 2009

Weird kids at his school. I'd be too freaked out to do anything other than try not to faint. Wish he was in my high school english class. That teacher was a jerk but would freak out at the slightest hint of blood being present (he would even make those with nosebleeds leave and wouldn't look at them during the bleeding.)

Josephy Manman (not verified)

at 04:18 on September 12th, 2009

Anti-Christ

booty hole (not verified)

at 14:43 on September 14th, 2009

yall crazy

Yodi (not verified)

at 18:01 on September 15th, 2009

well when i was a little girl my eyes would bleed as well, and so did my brothers, we went to doctors but they didnt know whut was wrong. We also had nosebleeds alot. which could have been linked to it. But who knows, now that im older it doesnt happen anymore

sockittoyou (not verified)

at 13:13 on September 16th, 2009

Rockwood has industry that releases toxins. I would especially suspect the 29,000 pounds per year of hydrogen cyanide pumped into the air in Rockwood by TOHO TENAX AMERICA INC. (last reported in 2007, recent reports haven't yet been published) Yes, hydrogen cyanide, considered a chemical weapon, and also used in industry, where it is magically no longer called a "weapon" and floats in a neighborhood near you. Do you think the doctors will consider this? Probably not. They will prescribe a fancy medicine instead of telling the kid to get the hell out of there and find a cleaner place to live. Look on the EPA's web site called "Envirofacts" if you wnat to see what might be floating around in YOUR neighborhood. They have a place to type in your zipcode, and the "toxics" section is especially helpful. Just type in "Envirofacts" into a search engine. The main EPA web-site doesn't make it easy to find. I did research on toxins when I lived in Toxic Tulsa, Oklahoma.. Back to Oregon for me, where we environmental wacos are determined to live longer and healthier lives. (it's not perfect, just much better)