3-year-old cries tears of blood, father seeks help for treatment

Hyderabad, July 8

A three-year-old girl has left her parents and doctors terrified and puzzled with a mysterious condition that causes her to cry tears of blood.

Ahana Afzal, had started bleeding from her nose 16 months ago while doctors put it down to a high fever. But now, the girl bleeds from her mouth, ears, eyes and private parts of her body regularly.

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Speaking to ANI, Paediatric Oncologist, Dr Sirisha said, “Ahana might be having a rare condition called Hematidrosis in which a human sweats blood. After days of medical care and concern, the bleeding has reduced a lot. She required multiple transfusions and recurrent admissions. One's physical health is badly affected with this and she is a child. It has not permanently been cured but process is on."

Meanwhile, the father of the girl, Mohammed Afzal, said, “My daughter's problem started when she had a nosebleed, aged 1, that time she was suffering from pneumonia. When I question doctors on her permanent cure — they don't have an answer. At present, the doctors are taking help and suggestion from other hospital doctors and have been treating on my daughter. I request Central and State government to help my daughter in this treatment.”  — ANI