# Bloody Sweaty!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823 "2014-01-14T22:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Lethargic\_Prawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@A\_Lethargic\_Prawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Lethargic_Prawn)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823/1 "2014-01-14T22:41:14Z")

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I’ve only ever vaguely heard of this condition (I think I recall something to do with Da Vinci), but after a bit of google-fu, I’ve found that it is medically known as Hematidrosis. It is extremely rare, usually occurring when someone is facing his or her death. What I want to know is; Could someone potentially die with this condition being the main cause of death? Maybe after losing a lot of blood from a gunshot wound then having a gun pointed in your face? I’m far from an expert on anything at all, but am I right in thinking it would be biologically impossible?

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823/2 "2014-01-16T00:14:14Z")

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Since nobody else has said it:

Nobody “sweats” blood. When blood effuses from the skin, it is the terminal phase of a nasty disease. The victim is NOT “sweating”.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823/3 "2014-01-16T00:23:39Z")

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[Stigmata of the disease](http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/content/121/9/1493.long)?

ETA: BTW,

> [@usedtobe](#):
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> When blood effuses from the skin, it is the terminal phase of a nasty disease.

Nope, the girl in this article is not “terminal” nor are the other patients described with this disorder “terminal”.

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-sweaty/678823/4 "2014-01-16T02:15:43Z")

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OK, forgot about Stigmata.

Was thinking along the lines of Ebola or some such thing…