Started out she was dehydrated, that made her dizzy and then she fell. Now they check for clots. Wonder if she was clotting from the beginning. She also fly's a lot. She might have come here.
"Clinton, 65, was suffering from a stomach virus earlier this month when she fainted due to dehydration, causing the concussion.
she has logged more than 400 travel days and nearly a million miles."

It is odd that it is attributed to the trauma (concussion). I would think that anticoagulants would be contraindicated.

Flying and bed rest stasis makes more sense. Leg rather than brain.

You're probably right.

"Reines did not specify where the clot was discovered."
From CNN.
Does anyone else know? Is it a PE or a DVT or ????

The extended version of the story now on CNN has a medical consultant who agrees that using anticoagulants does indicate that the clot is not on the brain. No clarification as to where it actually IS though. I'm curious as well as to how it is connected to the concussion.

There's now a secondary article about blood clots themselves:

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/31/blood-clots-4-things-you-need-to-know/?hpt=hp_t3

I find it interesting that they point the finger at travel as the most common cause of clots. Also, the information about cabin pressure being a factor, people over 6'1" being more at risk, and adults UNDER 30 being at increased risk is all news to me. Wonder what their sources are.

I'd heard that 6'1 reference before. I think someone quite some time ago mentioned that on the DVT community.

When you click on the blue phrases in the article it gives you the sources.

Hockey puck to that 6.1 theory, I used to fly a lot and it never triggered a clot (back then).
That article that Toss links to, you would think that they would edit it...
You know that MANY people will read it and get FALSE INFO.
A little copy/paste... ;)

Blood clots: 4 things you need to know

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was hospitalized Sunday for a blood clot that formed after her she fell and suffered a concussion a few weeks ago.

The clot was discovered during a follow-up exam related to the concussion, said Clinton's spokesman, Philippe Reines, deputy assistant secretary of state. Clinton, 65, was expected to remain at New York Presbyterian Hospital for the next 48 hours for monitoring and treatment with anticoagulants - drugs that prevent clots from forming or prevent them from growing larger.

While Reines did not specify where the clot was found, the fact Clinton is being treated with anticoagulants may offer a clue, says Dr. Sanjay Gupta, associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and CNN chief medical correspondent.

"If this were a blood clot on top of the brain or around the brain, you wouldn't treat it with blood thinners, or anticoagulants, ****Right here( blood thinners are not anticoagulants?)****** because that could worsen the bleeding and prevent an operation from being performed, if that is necessary," Gupta says.

Blood clots most often develop deep in leg veins, and symptoms are easily missed. The medical term for blood clots developing in the large veins of the leg or pelvis is deep vein thrombosis (DVT). An estimated 2 million Americans develop DVT each year.

Here are the four things you need to know about blood clots:

1. DVT is not life-threatening (most of the time)

Most cases of DVT are simply treated with a blood thinner that breaks up the clot******Right here, they break up clots? Since when???*** and prevents it from migrating to different areas in the body. However, if left untreated, DVT can result in a pulmonary embolism, which occurs when the blood clot travels from the leg to the lungs. It accounts for nearly 200,000 deaths a year.

2. Travelers have the highest risk

A large long-term study published in the journal PLoS One in 2007 found the more frequently a person travels, the higher their risk. This is because blood clots are generally caused by sluggish blood flow through the vein, usually from sitting in cramped positions for long periods of time. Experts say most cases of DVT develop on flights over four hours in length. Some studies show the cabin pressure of an airplane also plays a role. Most people think DVT strikes just older adults, but research shows that women taking birth control pills, people over 6 feet 1 inch tall, and adults under 30 are at increased risk.

3. There are warning signs

If your leg, ankle or foot is swelling, cramping or feel warm to the touch, that may be a sign of a DVT blood clot. Also, sudden onset of shortness of breath, anxiety or chest pain may be a warning of pulmonary embolism, or a blockage in a lung.

4. Keep the blood flowing

The most important thing you can do to reduce your risk of developing a blood clot is to get up and walk around every 30 to 45 minutes to keep the blood flowing in your legs. If you are stuck at your desk at work, or on an airplane and can't get up, simply pumping your leg/foot or rotating your ankle can help to get the blood moving. Staying hydrated is also essential. Alcohol and anything with caffeine can add to dehydration and up your risk of developing a blood clot.
Post by: Danielle Dellorto - CNN Medical Senior Producer
Filed under: Conditions

@Toss:
Right off the bat that study was one-sided because they only studied people who were frequent fliers.

Here's the source:

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0040290

[PLOS ONE is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science (initially PLoS, since 2012 PLOS) since 2006. It covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. All submissions go through an internal and external pre-publication peer review but are not excluded on the basis of lack of perceived importance or adherence to a scientific field. The PLoS ONE online platform has post-publication user discussion and rating features.]

And the articles are FREE.
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At least they published the absolute risk, not the relative risk.

"The main finding of this study is that the absolute risk of VT after of a long-haul flight is lowonly one passenger out of nearly 5,000 is likely to develop VT because of flying."

[And who knows if that one passenger was on birth control, had genetic predispositions or..... or..... or.]

Which the article admitted in another snippet:
"In addition, the risk of VT was particularly high in young employees, women taking oral contraceptives, and people who were short, tall or overweight."

Overweight I can understand. Certainly taking birth control. But 'short or tall'. Hmmm. Not medium height? O.k. ---- even tall---- they'd have to fold their legs to fit in the seats. But short???? The report mentioned a possible reason as the popliteal vein having pressure on it. (Something I asked when I first joined DS but I received very little response.)
Later in the report:

" although due to the small number of cases, some confidence intervals were wide, indicating considerable uncertainty for the effect estimates."

Uncertainty. Hmmm.

The entire report if rife with 'hypotheses' 'uncertainties' 'may be explained's' and so forth.
I think I'll just sorta ignore the findings. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. :)

"In the course of a routine follow-up MRI on Sunday, the scan revealed that a right transverse sinus venous thrombosis had formed. This is a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear. It did not result in a stroke, or neurological damage.

To help dissolve this clot, her medical team began treating the Secretary with blood thinners. She will be released once the medication dose has been established. In all other aspects of her recovery, the Secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery. She is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family, and her staff."
- Dr. Lisa Bardack, Mt. Kisco Medical Group, and Dr. Gigi El-Bayoumi, George Washington University

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/31/clintons-clot-located-between-brain-and-skull-doctors-say/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_sinuses

So I just heard that this is not her first blood clot. My father found a story on AOL this morning that said that she has had DVTs before in her legs. I will post the link to the full story but this is the part the talks about the DVTs.

"This isn't the first time Clinton has suffered a blood clot. In 1998, midway through her husband's second term as president, Clinton was in New York fundraising for the midterm elections when a swollen right foot led her doctor to diagnose a clot in her knee requiring immediate treatment."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/hillary-clinton-blood-clot_n_2389955.html

Sir/ Madam On your story today 1st 2013 , Yahoo.
You state that She Clinton is on blood thinners.
Most probably this is a misnomer used even by doctors.
Unless she's on some very new med, she's on the tried and true coumadin.
This does not change the viscosity of blood (drink water for that and no dehydrating like coffee alcohol.). What It does is restrict the clotting factor of blood by affecting Vitamin K. I just had blood clots go to my lungs a year ago, from sitting too long and little exercise and that was my danger as well as "one" of hers now.
The blood "THINNERS" don't dissolve the clots they just stop new ones from forming. The body has to dissolves the clots on it's own.
If she's on one of the new anti coagulation meds, the caveat with them is there's no way to reverse bleeding in case of a cut or any other bleeding event. There is a test called INR she would be taking if on coumadin , levels for a starting case would be built up to, from 2 to 3 and that this level would be reached before her release. Then testing 2 times a week then once them every month for 6 months I am guessing. Since you state this is her second time with clots. She may be declared a lifer. That is lifelong on an anticoagulant. If coumadin, it has side affects like coldness, fatigue and what most call a mental fog. In my case bad memory. I'm off it now and I feel much better. She may get to use the very new anticoagulants. But with the risk of bleeding, that in my judgement would disqualify her from "Commander in Chief". There is a drug called a thrombotic, In my case TPA that is a 1 hour drip in the hospital that is a last resort drug used because there is a small 6%? chance of a stroke. Sounds like she wouldn't have needed this. It's the one that actually dissolves clots. Used in extreme life saving emergencies.
Long sitting like on airplanes, precipitates clotting. Best prevention id to get up at least every hour and get the lower leg blood circulating. Lose weight, walk 30 mins every day. I take an aspirin and Vitamin E .
I post on "Daily Strength" (Pulmonary Embolism). There is a lot of knowledge there. You may also check " Stop The Clot"

I sent this to AP just now. I don't think the scope of the story is realized yet as to a disqualification for running for president.
I just did this fast so please be gentle with me on any feed back, but feedback is welcome and desired.

elsners----That's a very good email you sent to Yahoo and it was nice that you took the time to do that. It will be interesting to see if they correct any of their information. RetNat feels, though, that the use of 'blood thinner' gets the point across to the average person without using any confusing scientific words. So they may stick with that term.
I won't mention the new anticoag caveat in this post. (grin)

The issue of her political aspirations will be a mystery to us mere readers for a long time.The doctors have issued their usual "she'll be fine" PR statement and I hope she will. On a personal note it would really be interesting to see how a strong-minded woman with lots of experience would handle the POTUS job. (grin)

Caveman: I sent it to AP

@elsners:
I respectively refer you to this thread LOL

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Pulmonary_Embolism/forum/15402966-well-well-well-eliquis