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. 2014 Jul;56(3):289-91.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.140649.

Child who presented with hematohidrosis (sweating blood) with oppositional defiant disorder

Manjiri Deshpande  1 , Vishal Indla  1 , Varinder Kumar  1 , Indla Ramasubba Reddy  1
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Child who presented with hematohidrosis (sweating blood) with oppositional defiant disorder

Manjiri Deshpande et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Hematohidrosis is a very rare condition of sweating blood. A child's case who presented to us with hematohidrosis is reported. There are only few reports in the literature. A 10-year-old boy presented to our hospital with a history of repeated episodes of oozing of blood from navel, eyes, ear lobules, and nose. During the examination, it disappeared as soon as it was mopped leaving behind no sign of trauma only to reappear within a few seconds. Bleeding time, clotting time, and prothrombin time were normal. Patient was diagnosed with hematohidrosis and oppositional defiant disorder clinically. Management of this condition at our center is discussed below.

Keywords: Bleeding; hematohidrosis; oppositional defiant disorder.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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