When provoked, she would cry tons of blood, real blood, and whoever is around would get terrified when it happens. Initially,her parents thought the situation would turn better but as Twinkle grew older, she became even worse. The girl is now a centre of attraction in India as millions of tourists visit the country to see the miracle. The episodes may be proceeded by intense headache and abdominal pain.
In some conditions, the secreted fluid is more dilute and appears to be blood-tinged, while others may have darker bright red secretions resembling blood.
Under conditions of extreme physical or emotional stress, the severe mental anxiety activates the sympathetic nervous system to invoke the stress-fight or flight reaction to such a degree as to cause hemorrhaging of the many capillary blood vessels, which are presented in a net-like form around the sweat gland.
The blood vessels constrict to the point of rupture and exude blood. Indian medics now believe her condition is an extreme version of a rare blood platelet disorder for which they cannot find a cure. However, a ray of hope has been offered by a British specialist, who believes Twinkle may have a different clotting disorder, for which treatment will be possible. Last year, Twinkle was a normal year-old who enjoyed school, painting and playing with her friends - but then she suddenly started bleeding between five and 20 times a day.
Twinkle was thrown out of one school and another refused to teach her because of her strange condition. Her mother said: "I am very worried about her. She is very weak and pale from the blood loss. The first time the bleeding happened from Twinkle's mouth in July , her parents took her to a GP who suggested a common ulcer.
But then, a few weeks later, the bleeding also started from her nose, eyes, feet and hairline. Twinkle's parents took her to see dozens of different doctors who could not find a reason for her blood loss.
Her dad Aditya Kumar Diewdi, 47, a railway worker, said: "They told us they had never seen a case like this before. Finally doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi decided she has Type 2 Platelet Disorder, a rare condition where blood is dangerously low in clotting particles. They say her blood is watery and has the colour of a light red wine - but they cannot find a treatment to make it thicker.
However, a blood specialist in Britain came up with a different diagnosis and believes there may be hope. He believes her condition is not related to the number of clotting particles, but something called the von Willebrand factor, which helps platelets stick to blood vessels and blood to clot.
But Twinkle's family is poor and unless an actual diagnosis can be found soon, she will continue growing weaker. She has already undergone several blood transfusions and it is feared she may one day lose too much blood too quickly.
It also hurts when I wash it after bleeding. Her eldest sister Parul, 21, who works in a Delhi call centre said: "We pray every day that the doctors will find a cure for my sister.
Designed by Templateism. Girl who bleeds without being cut baffles doctors. Sometimes her condition is so bad she wakes up with her entire body covered in dried blood. But it was scary and messy, and my friends thought it was disgusting. No-one would come near me or play with me. But now I just keep quiet.
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