Disturbing: Extremely Rare Disorder Causes 15-Year-Old Girl To Cry and Sweat BLOOD

A doctor in India is determined to figure out a way to cure a 15-year-old Delhi girl of anextremely rare disorder that causes her to cry and sweat blood.

In November 2009, 15-year-old Preeti Gupta became violently sick and her eyes and skin began to ooze blood. Five years later, Gupta continues to suffer from this rare anomaly.

Her parents say that doctors examined Gupta dismissed it as mental illness.

“Many doctors think that my daughter is mad but we have seen her suffer,” said her father, Manoj Gupta. “We’re desperate for her to live a normal life. We have no idea what is wrong with her and we just want a doctor to cure her.”

“When I saw blood, I panicked,” Preeti says. “I started crying and thinking what is wrong with me? What will happen to me? There were many questions in my mind but my dad reassured me that everything would be fine and convinced me it was just an infection.”

For the following year, Gupta didn’t exhibit any more symptoms. In 2010, it hit her again, causing her to bleed from the ears, scalp, hands, and legs.

“I know when my eyes will start bleeding because they’re really painful,” Gupta says. “But once the blood flows out the pain goes and they relax, it’s like a build up of pressure and then it’s gone. Other parts of my body like my legs, palms, and feet, they start itching intolerably. It’s like a burning sensation. And I sometimes get ulcers in my mouth before any bleeding starts. These are always the same symptoms.”

Preeti says, “There have been times in school when my shirt turned red because of the bleeding but my teachers immediately send me to the medical room and call my parents.”

Now, Dr. Shashidhar of Artemis Hospital in Delhi is determined to figure out a way to cure Gupta.

“This child has a very mysterious disorder called Haemolacria, which essentially means that the child has spontaneous bleeding episodes from anywhere in the body,” says Shashidhar. “It can be the eyes, forehead, ears, and nose. It may involve certain systems like sweat glands or the capillary systems because after the bleeding there is absolutely no bruise, no cuts, and no marks.”

“It’s such an enigmatic condition that we know very little,” he explains. “No scientific doctor has been able to pinpoint this condition… I have seen her bleeding from the palms, eyes, and ears and I can say that this disorder definitely exists but we are yet to find out the reasons for it.”