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This is the girl who has baffled top doctors
because she spontaneously BLEEDS from her pores up to 50 TIMES a day.Twinkle
Dwivedi, 14, has strange disorder which means she loses blood through her skin
without being cut or scratched. Terrified Twinkle has even undergone
transfusions after pints of it seeped through her eyes, nose, hairline, neck and
soles of her feet. More images and video after the break...
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Spontaneously
Dr George Buchanan, a leading haematologist who has
worked in Britain, travelled to India to look into the startling case. The
teenager from Lucknar, Uttar Pradesh, has been suffering the frightening
episodes up to 50 times a day for the last three years. She said: "I bleed from
my eyes, my hands, my head, from everywhere. From my ears, nose and eyes as
well. "It doesn't hurt when the bleeding starts. But it makes me tired and
sometimes I have headaches." Dr Buchanan, an American paediatric blood
specialist, visited Twinkle's family at the Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai where he
observed her bleeding.
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He said: "I've never seen a case of someone who bleeds
spontaneously from their scalp or their palms, or read about it in medical
history.
"I was interested to see if I could help Twinkle."
The doctor was called to the family's hotel room to witness bleeding which began from her hair parting.
He was shocked to find no signs of cuts, bruising or redness.
Dr Buchanan said: "It doesn't seem physically possible for blood to seep through intact skin.
"But I saw no signs of cuts or bruising anywhere on her body."
Dr Buchanan and his team carried out a series of tests including cutting Twinkle's skin to time how quickly the bleeding stops.
Tests show she may have a mild form of a clotting disorder, which means her platelets do not stick together properly. But this is not enough to explain the spontaneous bleeding.
Dr Buchanan is also investigating whether Twinkle or her mum cause the bleeding themselves.
Twinkle, a Hindu, said: "I am not causing this. Why would I want to make myself bleed?
"I was interested to see if I could help Twinkle."
The doctor was called to the family's hotel room to witness bleeding which began from her hair parting.
He was shocked to find no signs of cuts, bruising or redness.
Dr Buchanan said: "It doesn't seem physically possible for blood to seep through intact skin.
"But I saw no signs of cuts or bruising anywhere on her body."
Dr Buchanan and his team carried out a series of tests including cutting Twinkle's skin to time how quickly the bleeding stops.
Tests show she may have a mild form of a clotting disorder, which means her platelets do not stick together properly. But this is not enough to explain the spontaneous bleeding.
Dr Buchanan is also investigating whether Twinkle or her mum cause the bleeding themselves.
Twinkle, a Hindu, said: "I am not causing this. Why would I want to make myself bleed?
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"I don't want to be like this. I want to go to school
and have a normal life."
The unlucky girl has missed at least two years of education after two schools banned her from classes because of the bleeding.
The mysterious case of Twinkle's bleeding is fully examined in a new BodyShock documentary next week.
It also shows Twinkle's family visiting a local mystic, being examined by a Christian bishop for stigmata, and bathing in the River Ganges.
The Girl Who Cries Blood is on Tuesday night at 10pm on Channel 4.
The unlucky girl has missed at least two years of education after two schools banned her from classes because of the bleeding.
The mysterious case of Twinkle's bleeding is fully examined in a new BodyShock documentary next week.
It also shows Twinkle's family visiting a local mystic, being examined by a Christian bishop for stigmata, and bathing in the River Ganges.
The Girl Who Cries Blood is on Tuesday night at 10pm on Channel 4.
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