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Medical options for treating blood clots

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    Dr. Steven Garner weighs in

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New questions this morning about secretary of state Hillary Clinton's medical condition over the weekend mrs.

Clinton was hospitalized with a blood clot.

Now this is video of the day that she reportedly contracted a stomach virus while on an overseas visit which doctors say may have caused heard a -- later that week.

And fall at home in the process she suffered a concussion.

Now she's got this blood -- are they related.

And how serious might her condition -- we know she's in the hospital right now.

Doctor Steven garner is chairman of radiology at new York Methodist hospital and an expert on this kind of thing.

They haven't said where the clock is and the location in the body is very important.

From cluster -- in the hard -- can be in the -- that can be anywhere in the body.

But the things that they're telling us how long -- gonna trader in the type of the way presented to meet you more towards the -- so assuming that is the leg.

We shouldn't be surprised that you would have a Clark she's has all the things going for that would give a -- for example a plane rides.

The one of the courses street complain -- as we -- very low humidity on the playing the pledge gets very trying.

And quite doable record against the clock inform me.

Form the ambulance or or the clock we're talking about.

-- she's over sixty.

She's had a -- in the past.

People -- clots in the past are more prone to have clots in the future but as a cigarette -- was I don't believe she is.

People with cancer so number conditions can close it.

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And equipment and takes effect you can go home you -- and now.

Picture really -- this a sonogram.

Black means blood and -- means -- -- blood vessel.

The white in the -- -- -- the clock since the car and somebody's leg where we suspect that mrs.

Clinton loses.

And what happens is this the medicine will never make this clinical way this -- made the -- its owner may stay there for ever.

But it will prevent new clots from forming into -- prevent this -- from getting bigger.

I'm curious you know those of us who.

Well how how much of a problem our blood clots I mean are there people walking around who have them who don't even know 30% no 30% don't even know that they have them.

But what I what most people feel as little Charlie horse I got a little pain in the back -- my calf in the back of my thigh -- Billy turns little red was swells up.

The -- up because the cloud is blocking the blood from going back to the -- so what are the what are the symptoms that.

-- basically pain redness in the leg you may get a little fever.

And usually you can Trace -- -- think this could have been hit with her for months this may not have happened overnight this could have been from a previous plane trip since we know that you traveled -- and so doesn't have to have been something that came.

There quickly and as -- post.

From -- syndrome which is called with people who had this developing.

-- couldn't launch leg in pain that this is the deep vein thrombosis that they warn you about on the airline flight cards right we you could you wanna play and you want to ask your doctor should take an aspirin before get on the plane because -- may help to prevent the clock.

We wanna get up and walk around when to drink as much as you can at certain things you can't is -- -- -- you know -- yeah Detroit.

Dry and a plan makes the blood clot much more easily also the pressure -- hydrated.

Stay hydrated and hold off from that bill would like perfect doctor -- good good information there and we wish Secretary Clinton well from.

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