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Monday 31 December 2012

US Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton Hospitalized For Blood Clot After Concussion Sustained Earlier This Month.


Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines said her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam on Sunday.
Mr Reines said Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants - but he would not indicate where the blood clot is located.


Clinton was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital so doctors can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours.
Dr. Larry Goldstein, a neurologist who is director of Duke University's stroke center, said blood can pool on the surface of the brain or in other areas of the brain after a concussion, but those would not be treated with blood thinners, as Clinton's aide described.

Aides and doctors say Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head on December 9.
She was diagnosed with a concussion on December 13 and hasn't been seen in public since.

he seriousness of a blood clot 'depends on where it is,' said Dr Gholam Motamedi, a neurologist at Georgetown University Medical Center who was not involved in Clinton's care.
Clots in the legs are a common risk after someone has been bedridden, as Clinton may have been for a time after her concussion.

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