A teenager in America has left doctors baffled with a mysterious medical condition that sees him regularly crying tears of blood.
15-year-old Calvino Inman says that the bleeding happens at least three times a day, with little warning. He told local news station WATE: 'Sometimes, I can feel it coming up, like a tear. I feel my eyes watering. Sometimes, it will burn as it comes out.'
The bleeding can last for just a few minutes, or sometimes up to an hour.
Despite several visits to specialist doctors, Calvino's illness still hasn't been diagnosed. However, since his story was first reported in America last week, one doctor who specialises in cases of bloody tears has come forward to offer his help in diagnosing the ailment.
'In the common medical practice it's a relatively rare symptom to have and so we see a number of people who have other exams and they're difficult to diagnose and so that's usually why they're sent to us,' said Dr. James Fleming, of the Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis.
Inman's family, in Rockwood, Tennessee, are now sending his medical records to Fleming in the hope that his bleeding eyes might finally be cured.
Inman has endured taunts because of his condition. 'I've been called possessed by almost all of my friends,' he said. 'I guess I'm used to it now. At first, it kind of hurt my feelings.'
No comments:
Post a Comment