Rare Incident, This Woman Puts Blood While Sweating

Illustration of rare incidents of women bleeding while sweating (Freepik)

JAKARTA - In the medical world, there are many rare events that are still a mystery. One of them is a 21-year-old woman in Italy who sweats in the form of blood even though her skin is not injured.

Reporting from the Live Science page, between three years, this woman occasionally bleeding from her face and palm without any wounds or scratches. This blood pressure lasts for 1 to 5 minutes. This condition can occur when he exercise or even while sleeping.

However, he realized bleeding tends to get worse when he experiences emotional stress. While being hospitalized, the patient was depressed, panicked attacks, and pulled out of association, because he was embarrassed by his condition.

When examined, the doctor saw 'red liquids like blood coming out of his face', according to a case report published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

After being analyzed under a microscope, the doctor confirmed that the liquid did contain red blood cells.

With these results, doctors get rid of other possible disorders, such as factitious disorder (disorder in which a person pretends to be sick) and chromohydrosis (colored memory due to certain pigments).

Finally, doctors diagnose patients with hemathydrosis, which is a rare condition where a person can sweat through the uninjured skin. The results of blood tests and patient skin tests show normal conditions.

Doctors prescribed propranol, a beta-blocker drug commonly used for heart problems and blood circulation. This drug was selected, because it was once used in similar cases. After taking this drug, the amount of bleeding decreases, but does not completely disappear.

Like other hematohydrosis cases, doctors have not been able to explain how the patient can blood from his skin. There are several theories that try to explain this condition.

Some experts suspect disorders in the blood clotting system may be the cause. There is also a theory that the excessive activity of the "fight-or-flight" (body reaction to stress) response could play a role in this condition.

In addition, it is not known exactly how the blood can come out through the skin. There is no evidence that blood comes out through the sweat glands, although some reports say blood comes out of the hair follicles.

In fact, some patients have experienced bleeding in areas that do not have sweat glands, such as the tongue or under the nails.