Doctors have been left mystified after a 20-year-old woman in Chile started crying blood.
Yaritza Oliva developed the condition earlier this month, and now bleeds from her eyes several times a day.
Miss Oliva, who lives in Purranque, Chile, said that the pain is ‘indescribable’, The Sun reported.
The 20-year-old said that the pain in her eyes is ‘indescribable’
When she visited the doctor no infection was found so she was sent home with eye drops.
But, her parents, who cannot afford to send her to an appropriate medical expert, have asked friends and neighbours to help them raise funds for her.
Father, Jose, made an appeal on a local news programme.
Her family is asking for financial help so she can undergo treatment from appropriate experts
Doctors believe it may be a case of haemolacria, a condition that has only been diagnosed three times before
Some experts have suggested that Miss Oliva has a condition called haemolacria.
The rare condition causes sufferers to cry tears of blood.
Haemolacria can indicate a more serious illness, such as a tumour and can be caused by high levels of hormones in women.
A teenage boy was diagnosed with haemolacria in 2009 after he cried blood three times a day.
Calvino Inman, 15, from Tennessee, said that he had no warning when the tears were about to occur.
He said that sometimes he could not feel them, and others it was like a burning sensation.
He and his mother appeared on television to appeal for help, but they did not find a cure.
Very little is known of the condition.
the 20-year-old now cries tears of blood several times every day and is in an extreme amount of pain
Miss Oliva is desperate for help from doctors and her family hope to raise the funds needed to send her
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Yaritza Oliva developed the condition earlier this month, and now bleeds from her eyes several times a day.
Miss Oliva, who lives in Purranque, Chile, said that the pain is ‘indescribable’, The Sun reported.
Yaritza Oliva recently started crying blood and has doctors baffledThe 20-year-old said that the pain in her eyes is ‘indescribable’But, her parents, who cannot afford to send her to an appropriate medical expert, have asked friends and neighbours to help them raise funds for her.
Father, Jose, made an appeal on a local news programme.
Her family is asking for financial help so she can undergo treatment from appropriate expertsDoctors believe it may be a case of haemolacria, a condition that has only been diagnosed three times beforeThe rare condition causes sufferers to cry tears of blood.
Haemolacria can indicate a more serious illness, such as a tumour and can be caused by high levels of hormones in women.
A teenage boy was diagnosed with haemolacria in 2009 after he cried blood three times a day.
Calvino Inman, 15, from Tennessee, said that he had no warning when the tears were about to occur.
He said that sometimes he could not feel them, and others it was like a burning sensation.
He and his mother appeared on television to appeal for help, but they did not find a cure.
Very little is known of the condition.
the 20-year-old now cries tears of blood several times every day and is in an extreme amount of painMiss Oliva is desperate for help from doctors and her family hope to raise the funds needed to send her
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