Mystical Suffering Young patient sweats blood out of her pores

Haemhidrosis: 21-year-old woman sweats blood

A young Italian woman is sweating blood on her palms and face. Physicians in Florence have now discovered that the 21-year-old suffers from hemihidrosis. The causes of this extremely rare disease, also referred to as "blood sweat", are not yet fully understood.

Young woman is bleeding without injury

The Italian physicians Roberto Maglie and Marzia Caproni from Florence report in the journal "Canadian Medical Association Journal" (CMAJ) on the case of a very unusual patient. The young woman had gone to hospital because she had been bleeding on her palms and face for three years without injury. The doctors found that the 21-year-old suffers from hemihidrosis. This extremely rare condition is also called "blood sweat".

In Italy, a young woman has undergone medical treatment because she repeatedly bleeds on her hands and face without a wound. The doctors found that the patient is suffering from an extremely rare disease. (Image: Gina Sanders / fotolia.com)

More intense bleeding in times of emotional stress

According to the CMAJ report, there was no apparent trigger for the patient's bleeding during sleep and during physical activity.

The young woman told the doctors that in times of emotional stress and stress more intense bleeding occurred. These lasted from one to five minutes.

Due to the embarrassment about the bleeding, the 21-year-old was "socially isolated and reported symptoms consistent with depressive disorder and panic disorder," the experts write.

Diagnosis hemhidrosis

The patient was initially prescribed medication to treat her depression and anxiety disorders. The bleeding was not stopped by it.

"While ingested, we observed the discharge of blood-stained fluid from her face," the authors write.

Based on a microscopic examination, doctors diagnosed "hemhidrosis".

No explanation for the source of bleeding

"Hemhidrosis is a rare disease characterized by spontaneous discharge of" sweat "from intact skin," write Roberto Maglie and Marzia Caproni.

"There is not a single explanation in the literature for hemorrhage hemorrhage," the authors said.

Also, the exact causes of the extremely rare disease are not yet clear.

According to experts, it sometimes occurs as a result of severe anxiety, unusual physical exertion or illnesses such as scurvy, putrid fever or bloodstain.

The Italian doctors finally treated her patient with the beta-blocker propranolol, which has been shown to be effective in other cases of haemhidrosis.

According to the medical experts, the antihypertensive in the 21-year-olds led to a significant reduction in the bleeding, but could not be completely stopped. (Ad)