Originally Posted by jetjock1

Here's a new one folks. I have suffered from this miserable condition for 8 years now. The other day I thought I was going to die from the intense crushing/burning we all get. I looked down at my arm and it was oozing blood out of the pores. Freaked me out bad. I rushed to the ER and they were just as freaked as I was. They were clueless. It took massive amounts of IV pain meds to get it under control. It was a real mess.

My pm doctor sent me to a dermatologist and he confirmed that it was "hematidrosis", a condition when pain and anxiety collide and cause the small capillaries around your sweat glands to burst, mix with the sweat and exit your body thus causing a bloody mess. It left severe bruising for days, weeks after.

Has anyone else had this happen? Now that I know what it is, I won't be so freaked out next time (if) it happens. Kinda scary.

Originally Posted by trinba

Hi, I'm trying to find other people with this condition to learn more about it, since my boyfriends little 12 year old sister has a severe case of this in Japan and we are trying to bring her here to the U.S to get treatment. If you read this message and can share some information I would really appreciate it!