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Case Report and Review of the Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Adult Hematohidrosis

Hematohidrosis is an extremely rare condition characterized by the oozing or secretion of blood through intact skin and mucosa, particularly through eccrine glands. Although there is not much literature available on the condition, examples of Hematohidrosis include the crying and sweating of blood....

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Autores principales: Ogbuneke, Juvarez U, Allen, John C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36937119
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36187
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description Hematohidrosis is an extremely rare condition characterized by the oozing or secretion of blood through intact skin and mucosa, particularly through eccrine glands. Although there is not much literature available on the condition, examples of Hematohidrosis include the crying and sweating of blood. The fluid may have a bloody tinge or may be frank blood. The anomaly has no identifiable etiology, and patients generally present in a good state of health. In this report, we present a 19-year-old female who had weekly occurrences of bloody diaphoresis that had been present consistently for one year. During her presentation at the hematology clinic, she was investigated thoroughly for alternative causes, but none were found. The patient was diagnosed with hematohidrosis and was offered treatment with propranolol, which she declined. She continues to follow up routinely in the hematology clinic with persistent symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-100167332023-03-16 Case Report and Review of the Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Adult Hematohidrosis Ogbuneke, Juvarez U Allen, John C Cureus Dermatology Hematohidrosis is an extremely rare condition characterized by the oozing or secretion of blood through intact skin and mucosa, particularly through eccrine glands. Although there is not much literature available on the condition, examples of Hematohidrosis include the crying and sweating of blood. The fluid may have a bloody tinge or may be frank blood. The anomaly has no identifiable etiology, and patients generally present in a good state of health. In this report, we present a 19-year-old female who had weekly occurrences of bloody diaphoresis that had been present consistently for one year. During her presentation at the hematology clinic, she was investigated thoroughly for alternative causes, but none were found. The patient was diagnosed with hematohidrosis and was offered treatment with propranolol, which she declined. She continues to follow up routinely in the hematology clinic with persistent symptoms. Cureus 2023-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10016733/ /pubmed/36937119 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36187 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ogbuneke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Case Report and Review of the Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Adult Hematohidrosis
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title_short Case Report and Review of the Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Adult Hematohidrosis
title_sort case report and review of the pathophysiology and therapeutics of adult hematohidrosis
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36937119
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