See that pretty girl above? She is Twinkle Dwivedi. Twinkle
spontaneously bleeds from her eyes as well as her head, hands and other
body parts — though there is no visible source or injury to explain it.
Some say a bad omen has been cast, others think she is possessed, and
yet others think it could be self-inflicted. Hoping for a breakthrough,
Twinkle and her mother put their faith in a top American blood
specialist who is flying to India to investigate her extraordinary case.
For
the last three years, doctors have been trying to figure out what
makes Twinkle Dwivedi‘s body ooze blood through her eyes, feet and even
her head, but she remains a medical mystery.
When
Twinkle’s case first appeared in the international media, many hurried
to call her a fake, but after countless tests and procedures, including
blood transfusions, doctors are still baffled by her strange bleeding. A
group of medical specialists, led by dr. George Buchanan, recently
traveled to North India to investigate the 14-year-old Twinkle, but all
they have been able to say was that “she really suffers from a condition
we have never seen before.”
The young teen
remembers her disorder first appeared when she was just 11, and her
classmates started mocking her and calling her disgusting. Although her
bleeding didn’t hurt at all, she felt scared and alone, because no one
would come near her. At first she would cry when she saw her clothes
soaked with blood, but now she just keeps quiet, and prays she will
eventually get better.
Despite her parents
efforts, who took her to see the best doctors, Twinkle Dwivedi still
bleeds from her eyes and pores, up to 14 times a day.