Twinkle Dwivedi (born 1996) is a girl from Lucknow, India, who gained world attention for allegedly presenting a rare condition that causes her to spontaneously bleed from her eyes and other parts of her body without presenting any visible wounds.[1]
She has been the subject of numerous medical research studies and TV shows such as BodyShock[2] and a National Geographic documentary.[3]
In lack of a medical explanation for her condition, possible religious explanations have been posed. She could have an unknown disease that only she appears to be suffering from, but more skeptical views hypothesize that the case might be explained by the so called Münchausen syndrome by proxy, meaning her mother, seemingly the only one to witness her bleeding actually starting, is fabricating the story and somehow inducing the effect on the girl.[4]