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Horror of Hawaii woman with mystery condition that means she spontaneously bleeds from her EYES.
A Hawaii woman who is inexplicably bleeding out of her eyes and tongue uncontrollably without warning has been left without diagnosis by dozens of doctors.
In 2008, Linnie Ikeda, of Waikele, was diagnosed with Gardner-Diamond Syndrome, which causes random bruising and is associated with stress and anxiety.
Two years later, however, Ikeda, 24, began bleeding from her eyes and tongue without warning and doctors had no idea how to treat it.
Two years after being diagnosed with Gardner-Diamond Syndrome, Ikeda began bleeding uncontrollably from her mouth and eyes (pictured above).
She said it doesn't When it bleeds, it doesn't hurt. It's what leads up to the bleeding,' Ikeda told Hawaii News Now. 'I'll feel pressure on my eyes, my eyes will be puffy and raw and that's when I know my eyes are going to bleed.
'When bruises began showing up on her arms, back and torso, she said it felt like 'a hammer hitting my bones', and many people believed she was being abused. But then her tongue began splitting down the middle, bleeding for days.
'I had 11 surgeries to cauterize the base of my tongue and to cut the blood vessels and I had 7 transfusions,' she said. hurt when she'd bleeding, but the pain comes right before in the form of pressure.
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You could have a life-threatening disease that causes your face and airways to swell up and is so rare it has doctors baffled+10Ikeda was diagnosed Gardner-Diamond Syndrome in 2008, which causes random bruising and is often associated with stress, when she was 17 years old.
Though Gardner-Diamond Syndrome is often associated with stress, Ikeda said she didn't believe she had any more stress than other people her age.
She has visited 30 doctors, including one from as far as Minnesota, but no one has been able to help her understand her condition.
condition'When it bleeds, it doesn't hurt. It's what leads up to the bleeding,' Ikeda told Hawaii News Now. 'I'll feel pressure on my eyes, my eyes will be puffy and raw and that's when I know my eyes are going to bleed.'When bruises began showing up on her arms, back and torso, she said it felt like 'a hammer hitting my bones', and many people believed she was being abused. But then her tongue began splitting down the middle, bleeding for days. 'I had 11 surgeries to cauterize the base of my ton2gue and to cut the blood vessels and I had 7 transfusions,' she said.
is so rare it has doctors
Ikeda was diagnosed Gardner-Diamond Syndrome in 2008, which causes random bruising and is often associated with stress, when she was 17 years old+10Though Gardner-Diamond Syndrome is often associated with stress, Ikeda said she didn't believe she had any more stress than other people her age.
She has visited 30 doctors, including one from as far as Minnesota, but no one has been able to help her understand her conditionThen came her eye bleeding, which usually occurs overnight, when she's asleep, between 2am and 5am. Ikeda's mother, Lisa Ikeda, said that she'll go into her daughter's room to find her face and bed covered in blood.
'I've actually slept with her and I've gotten up every hour to check on her. It's always around that time that she has that bleeding... I'll usually wake her up and say, "honey, let's go cleanup",' Lisa Ikeda told Hawaii News Now.
She continued: 'Or if its not that much, I'll just wipe her up... and she goes back to sleep. A lot of times, it's been bad, in her hair and everything so she'll go shower.
' Ikeda has visited 30 doctors, including one at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and not a single one could help her.
Symptoms of Gardner-Diamond Syndrome didn't appear for Ikeda, pictured right as a child with her sister, until she was in her late teens
Horror of Hawaii woman with mystery condition that means she spontaneously bleeds from her EYES.
A Hawaii woman who is inexplicably bleeding out of her eyes and tongue uncontrollably without warning has been left without diagnosis by dozens of doctors.
In 2008, Linnie Ikeda, of Waikele, was diagnosed with Gardner-Diamond Syndrome, which causes random bruising and is associated with stress and anxiety.
Two years later, however, Ikeda, 24, began bleeding from her eyes and tongue without warning and doctors had no idea how to treat it.
Two years after being diagnosed with Gardner-Diamond Syndrome, Ikeda began bleeding uncontrollably from her mouth and eyes (pictured above).
She said it doesn't When it bleeds, it doesn't hurt. It's what leads up to the bleeding,' Ikeda told Hawaii News Now. 'I'll feel pressure on my eyes, my eyes will be puffy and raw and that's when I know my eyes are going to bleed.
'When bruises began showing up on her arms, back and torso, she said it felt like 'a hammer hitting my bones', and many people believed she was being abused. But then her tongue began splitting down the middle, bleeding for days.
'I had 11 surgeries to cauterize the base of my tongue and to cut the blood vessels and I had 7 transfusions,' she said. hurt when she'd bleeding, but the pain comes right before in the form of pressure.
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You could have a life-threatening disease that causes your face and airways to swell up and is so rare it has doctors baffled+10Ikeda was diagnosed Gardner-Diamond Syndrome in 2008, which causes random bruising and is often associated with stress, when she was 17 years old.
Though Gardner-Diamond Syndrome is often associated with stress, Ikeda said she didn't believe she had any more stress than other people her age.
She has visited 30 doctors, including one from as far as Minnesota, but no one has been able to help her understand her condition.
condition'When it bleeds, it doesn't hurt. It's what leads up to the bleeding,' Ikeda told Hawaii News Now. 'I'll feel pressure on my eyes, my eyes will be puffy and raw and that's when I know my eyes are going to bleed.'When bruises began showing up on her arms, back and torso, she said it felt like 'a hammer hitting my bones', and many people believed she was being abused. But then her tongue began splitting down the middle, bleeding for days. 'I had 11 surgeries to cauterize the base of my ton2gue and to cut the blood vessels and I had 7 transfusions,' she said.
is so rare it has doctors
Ikeda was diagnosed Gardner-Diamond Syndrome in 2008, which causes random bruising and is often associated with stress, when she was 17 years old+10Though Gardner-Diamond Syndrome is often associated with stress, Ikeda said she didn't believe she had any more stress than other people her age.
She has visited 30 doctors, including one from as far as Minnesota, but no one has been able to help her understand her conditionThen came her eye bleeding, which usually occurs overnight, when she's asleep, between 2am and 5am. Ikeda's mother, Lisa Ikeda, said that she'll go into her daughter's room to find her face and bed covered in blood.
'I've actually slept with her and I've gotten up every hour to check on her. It's always around that time that she has that bleeding... I'll usually wake her up and say, "honey, let's go cleanup",' Lisa Ikeda told Hawaii News Now.
She continued: 'Or if its not that much, I'll just wipe her up... and she goes back to sleep. A lot of times, it's been bad, in her hair and everything so she'll go shower.
' Ikeda has visited 30 doctors, including one at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and not a single one could help her.
Symptoms of Gardner-Diamond Syndrome didn't appear for Ikeda, pictured right as a child with her sister, until she was in her late teens
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