Hematidrosis or artistic dermatitis?

Abstract

The article presents a historical sketch of ‘the bloody biblical’ sweat. The data of world scientific literature were analyzed: the number of recorded cases, geography, age groups. We described clinical cases of hemohydrosis, i. e. a rare pathological phenomenon and dermatitis artificial. The base of the pathogenesis is diapedesis of erythrocyte in the skin without skin lesions. The pathologic condition is often caused by nervous tension. Differential diagnostics was carried out hematohidrosis and artistic dermatitis in girls of 10 years old. Artistic dermatitis was caused by makeup paints and imitated ecchymosisis. Both cases of the skin lesion were the result of the high level of the psychoemotional stress.