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The Woman Who Sweat Case Study

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The Woman Who Sweats Blood From Her Palms and Her Face A twenty-one-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in Italy after noticing blood in her sweat. Ds. Roberto Maglie and Dr. Marzia Caproni, dermatologists at the University of Florence, reported the case on October 23, 2017. The patient had no signs of lesions on her body, however, the bleeding occurred whenever she would exert enough energy to sweat. Due to the symptoms, the young woman isolated herself and is diagnosed with severe depression. According to the article, Maglie and Caproni diagnosed hematohidrosis, a rare disease marked by the spontaneous discharge of “blood sweat” through intact skin. Antidepressants, paroxetine, clonazepam, and propranolol were prescribed to the patient in an attempt to resolve her excessive bleeding. This treatment reduced her bleeding but did not end it. …show more content…

Jacalyn Duffin traced back to Aristotle’s writing to find the earliest mention of sweating blood. The most common sites for sweating blood were the forehead, scalp, face, eyes, and ears. Patients experienced a slight pain while sweating blood, while others experienced headaches and hypertension. “Although it’s horrible to look at and horrible to suffer, it seems not to be associated with negative outcomes,” (Duffin 12). The blood was tested for signs of coagulation, and surprisingly there were none. "Suddenly your adrenaline goes up and if your adrenaline goes up, maybe it does something to the microvasculature -- your tiny capillaries -- in your skin that causes them to shrink or explode," (Duffin 20). This unproven scenario could be one cause of bleeding

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