Efficacy of beta-blockers in the treatment of hematidrosis: A systematic review
Ahmet Alperen Palabiyik · 2025
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Description
Ahmet Palabiyik reviews whether beta-blockers can stop one of medicine's strangest symptoms: sweating blood. Hematidrosis, bleeding through intact skin under severe emotional stress, is rare and unexplained, though a racing sympathetic nervous system and fragile capillaries are blamed. This systematic review searched six databases for the last decade's treatment reports.
Twenty case reports and series qualified. Propranolol was the drug most often used and brought improvement in over three quarters of cases. Pairing it with psychotherapy helped some patients further. Side effects stayed minimal and tolerance good. The author is candid that the evidence is low-level observation only and calls for proper trials and standard protocols for a condition most doctors will never see.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ahmet Alperen Palabiyik |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |