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http://japon.cubadebate.cu/noticias...-enfermedad-que-le-llorar-lagrimas-de-sangre/
Spanish-English translation
A Cuban has strange disease that causes tears of blood
DECEMBER 18, 2011 MAKE A COMMENT
For Smith Yunior Rodriguez, a freshman Journalism at the University of Havana
Blog Taken from the South Island
Can anyone mourn literally tears of blood? Yes, the Gardner-Diamond syndrome causes this disease and was diagnosed in Cuba B?rbara Trujillo Sanchez, the only case in the country for over 20 years.
"I was cleaning when, in time, I ran something over my face, seeing that it was blood went to the doctor and after much research I was diagnosed with the syndrome. It's really difficult to live with it: it is uncomfortable, prevents me from doing the simplest tasks of the house and people constantly stop me on the street, "he said.
The so-called psychogenic purpura, affects patients in two fundamental ways: first, through injuries or bruises on the legs, abdomen or face, and the other for unintentional emanation of blood stained tears, which is the main symptom to detect the condition.
Barbara Trujillo Sanchez. Photo: Yunior Smith
The pathology is unknown, only known to the majority of cases are women with records of several episodes of bleeding from the nose and gastrointestinal tract.
"This condition is very rare, so much that doctors from other countries have contacted me to elaborate on the case of Cuba by the absence of such patients in their area," said Dr. Daisy Wainshtok Tomas, first-degree specialist of Medicine Internal Miguel Enriquez Clinical and Surgical Hospital, Havana.
"The cause of the syndrome is raising the stroma of the patient's red blood cells (antibodies against the individual's own white blood cells). Although no known cure, the disease is benign and have been reported only isolated cases of death by it, "he said.
In Cuba, he met a case in the early 50's and one in 80 of the last century, both women. In an earlier context of the triumph of the Revolution, the first in the town of Guira de Melena Tumbadero, was forced to make a pilgrimage across the country followed by fans and curious than that associated with the marks of Christ on the cross.
Spanish-English translation
A Cuban has strange disease that causes tears of blood
DECEMBER 18, 2011 MAKE A COMMENT
For Smith Yunior Rodriguez, a freshman Journalism at the University of Havana
Blog Taken from the South Island
Can anyone mourn literally tears of blood? Yes, the Gardner-Diamond syndrome causes this disease and was diagnosed in Cuba B?rbara Trujillo Sanchez, the only case in the country for over 20 years.
"I was cleaning when, in time, I ran something over my face, seeing that it was blood went to the doctor and after much research I was diagnosed with the syndrome. It's really difficult to live with it: it is uncomfortable, prevents me from doing the simplest tasks of the house and people constantly stop me on the street, "he said.
The so-called psychogenic purpura, affects patients in two fundamental ways: first, through injuries or bruises on the legs, abdomen or face, and the other for unintentional emanation of blood stained tears, which is the main symptom to detect the condition.
Barbara Trujillo Sanchez. Photo: Yunior Smith
The pathology is unknown, only known to the majority of cases are women with records of several episodes of bleeding from the nose and gastrointestinal tract.
"This condition is very rare, so much that doctors from other countries have contacted me to elaborate on the case of Cuba by the absence of such patients in their area," said Dr. Daisy Wainshtok Tomas, first-degree specialist of Medicine Internal Miguel Enriquez Clinical and Surgical Hospital, Havana.
"The cause of the syndrome is raising the stroma of the patient's red blood cells (antibodies against the individual's own white blood cells). Although no known cure, the disease is benign and have been reported only isolated cases of death by it, "he said.
In Cuba, he met a case in the early 50's and one in 80 of the last century, both women. In an earlier context of the triumph of the Revolution, the first in the town of Guira de Melena Tumbadero, was forced to make a pilgrimage across the country followed by fans and curious than that associated with the marks of Christ on the cross.