Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to a New York City hospital on Sunday after doctors discovered that a blood clot had formed, the State Department said in a statement.
Philippe Reines, a deputy assistant secretary, said in the statement that the clot stems from a concussion Clinton sustained several weeks ago.
Reines said that Clinton, 65, is being treated with anti-coagulants at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. She will be monitored there for the next 48 hours, he said.
“Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion,” he said. “They will determine if any further action is required.”
Clinton sustained the concussion from fainting earlier in December. She had been sick for several days with the flu and had canceled a trip to Morocco where she was to officially recognize the Syrian rebels.
Brain injury doctors told NBC News said that although details haven’t been made public, initial reports indicate that Clinton may have developed a blood clot in her lower limbs as a result of prolonged rest and inactivity after her recent concussion.
A deep vein thrombosis, known as a DVT, or a dural venous sinus thrombosis, could be two types of blood clots treated with anticoagulants, said Dr. Alex Valadka, a spokesman for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. A blood clot could be dangerous if it breaks free and lodges in a vital organ, such as the heart.
A deep vein thrombosis could be serious, but not necessarily life-threatening, and would require months of treatment with blood-thinning drugs, said Dr. Inam Kureshi, chief of neurosurgery at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn.
“Usually hospitalization is more of a precaution,” Kureshi said.
It is possible that Clinton developed a blood clot elsewhere, including her brain. Doctors interviewed would not speculate about treatment or prognosis for the secretary of state.
Days after she fainted, State Department officials said she was at home recovering. Officials also issued a statement from Dr. Lisa Bardack of Mount Kisco Medical Group and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi of George Washington University that provided more information about the secretary’s condition:
“Secretary Clinton developed a stomach virus, leading to extreme dehydration, and subsequently fainted. Over the course of this week we evaluated her and ultimately determined she had also sustained a concussion. We recommended that the Secretary continue to rest and avoid any strenuous activity, and strongly advised her to cancel all work events for the coming week. We will continue to monitor her progress as she makes a full recovery.”
It wasn’t the first time Clinton passed out while sick with a stomach bug. As a U.S. senator representing New York, Clinton fainted in 2005 during a speech in Buffalo after complaining of a stomach virus.
BS…..she’s a perfectly healthy bull-dyke who doesn’t want to testify on Benghazi.
How convenient. How do they come up with this stuff? I mean you’d think these were satire writers.
A DVT can lead to a Pulmonary Embolism. Oh, please let it be so! Pulmonary Emboli are frequently fatal. Please, please, pleeeeeease!
Hell, I think she has a STD that billy boy clinton brought home to that wife of his LOL. …………P.S. I actualy think that she might be morphing into the devil that I think she is.
Haha! That wouldn’t surprise me, Digs.
She’s so full of crap her eyes are brown.
This woman will never take the fall for anything. She’ll die before that happens. That’s why she is the Grand Dame Mother of Darkness. I wouldn’t be surprised if she faked her own death in the future. The only problem is she hungers for public attention and going low profile would probably drive her more insane than she already is.
Must have the same “Zombie” doktors that old GHB has.
lol maybe.
Same thing I just told Henry:
Hope springs eternal.
Here’s hopin’.