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hematohidrosis; hematidrosis
sweating blood
Etiology:
- physical stress or emotional stress
Epidemiology:
- rare
Pathology:
- rupture of capillaries that feed sweat glands causing them to exude blood
Clinical manifestations:
- episodes may be proceeded by intense headache & abdominal pain
- oozing of blood or blood-tinged sweat from forehead, nails, umbilicus, nose, tears
- usually self-limiting
Laboratory:
- non-diagnostic
Management:
- reports of successful treatment with beta-blockers
General
perspiration (sweating)
References
- Jerajani HR, Jaju B, Phiske MM, Lade N.
Hematohidrosis - a rare clinical phenomenon.
Indian J Dermatol. 2009 Jul;54(3):290-2.
PMID: 20161867 Free PMC Article
- Wikipedia: Hematidrosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematidrosis