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The girl who bleeds without being cut baffles doctors

(Daily Mail 30/09/2008)

A girl who spontaneously bleeds from her pores has baffled doctors. Twinkle Dwivedi, 13, loses blood through her skin without being cut or scratched. The teenager has had to undergo transfusions after pints of it seeped through her eyes, nose, hairline, neck and the soles of her feet. Doctors believe she has Type 2 Platelet Disorder, a condition where blood is dangerously low in clotting particles.

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