title: The story of a girl with weeping blood: Childhood depression with a rare presentation.
abstract: Ms. V, a 10-year-old girl was referred to Child Psychiatry Department with complaints of bleeding from eyes for last 3 months. Bleeding was spontaneous, recurrent, painless, and self-limited. History revealed significant Psychological stressors, Temperamental Difficulties and Conflicts with Mother. Mental status examination revealed Depression in Ms. V. During hospital stay, Ms. V developed repeated bleeding episodes. The presence of hemoglobin is confirmed in the bleeding sample. Hematologic investigations and computed tomography brain were normal. Ms. V was started on Sertraline, Propranolol, and Clonazepam. Both Ms. V and her Mother were psycho-educated about the nature of the illness. Ms. V was discharged and under follow-up. This case is reported for the rarity of presentation (bleeding from Eyes) of a childhood Depression.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Varalakshmi
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: V Vimal
authors: VV
authors: Doshi
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Sivalingam
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: Shanthi
authors: S
authors: Nambi
keywords: Bleeding from eyes; depression; hematohidrosis
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