Deccan Chronicle, Feb,
11th: page 11, col 1
“Vampire” man addicted
to blood
In an unusual
diagnosis, doctors have described a 23-year-old man in Turkey as suffering from
“vampirism” after he was caught several times trying to stab people and drink
their blood, according to a report.
The man became addicted
to drinking human blood after he started slicing his own arms, chest and
stomach with razor blades, and gathering the blood in a cup so he could drink
it, doctors say. He soon became addicted and started turning to other sources
to feed his habit, which he described as “being so urgent as breathing”, the
Daily Mail reported. He even got his father to get him bags of the bodily fluid
from blood banks, according to the report published in the journal of
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
The man, whose name was
not revealed, was arrested several times after stabbing and biting others to
collect and drink their blood. The man did not experience any negative physical
effects from his habit. – PTI
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