Can you sweat blood? Discover Hematohidrosis, a strange disease

Did you know that you can sweat blood? Although it sounds too strange to be true, it is, and it is a physiological response of the body.Do you want to find out more? Stay with us!

Can you sweat blood? Discover Hematohidrosis

This strange disease is known as Hematohidrosis, and is also known as blood sweat , although in certain cases instead of sweat the fluid can flow out the eyes, in the form of tears.

This medical phenomenon has nothing to do with witchcraft or some dark origin.The body of the person can sweat blood without any kind of wound, as a response to the extreme stress , being at its peak.

Evidence of this disease dates back to the third century , where in The scriptures of that time described this rare event.The Bible also mentions that the nights before his execution, Jesus sweated blood, and that can generate more stress than knowing that one is going to die?

Weigh Since this problem dates back to ancient times, even when 2012 came, science had not yet confirmed Hematohidrosis as a real disease, since there was a lot of skepticism about it.

Can you sweat blood? Discover Hematohidrosis, a strange disease

There are really very few people who suffer from this condition; approximately one in eight million. Bleeding may appear in any time and last from one to five minutes and the more emotionally distressed the person is, the stronger the reaction will be.

Apparently in these people, stress causes blood vessels to become congested in the basement membrane of the skin around the sweat glands , which causes blood and sweat to mix and flow through the skin.It must be very shocking!

Although sweating blood seems not to compromise the patient's life, it is logical that it can affect his life in other aspects, such as the social part and related to self-esteem. It has been evidenced according to existing cases that people who They suffer from Hematohidrosis, they tend to depart a little from their social circles and can suffer from nsiety and depression.

Can you sweat blood? Discover Hematohidrosis, a strange disease

The causes of this disease are unknown and more research is lacking, but it is known that it seems to be on the rise, mainly in young women , although this disorder does not exclude men.

Did you know you could sweat blood? Discover The rarest blood type in humans: Rh Nulo, here.

Images: Kate Lewis, Mattia Belletti, Lee Haywood, Craig Paterson

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