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Mystery blood clots kill U.S. troops
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| Monday, 06-Oct-2003 8:58PM
| United Press International
Posted on 10/06/2003 10:44:15 PM PDT by Destro
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Could it also be from sitting prone in a combat vehicle for hours on end? (Like the cases that arise from long plane rides)
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posted on
10/06/2003 10:44:16 PM PDT
by
Destro
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10/06/2003 10:46:14 PM PDT
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To: Destro
Could it also be from sitting prone in a combat vehicle for hours on end? (Like the cases that arise from long plane rides) Or David Bloom?
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posted on
10/06/2003 10:50:18 PM PDT
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Paleo Conservative
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To: Destro
No we did that since WWII plus you don't hear about people dying much from ridding in aircraft or sitting at their desk on a computer.
Something is wrong and they need to look for what these soldiers have in common such as where they have been and what shots they take, etc.
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posted on
10/06/2003 10:52:42 PM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
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To: Destro
We used to have to get smallpox shots to go to Kindergarten, and again to go to college. I don't recall any news of people dying of blood clots from the vaccinations. Then again we didn't have 24/7 panic-stricken news.
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posted on
10/06/2003 10:54:20 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: Destro
If I recall, the heat and dehydration have something to do with the clotting.
To: Lijahsbubbe
Right. Same thing is true of the 12,000 men now dead who served in Desert Storm.....
To: ntnychik
I hope this isn't going to be a mystery in the same vein of gulf war syndrome...
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10/06/2003 11:05:16 PM PDT
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posted on
10/06/2003 11:07:06 PM PDT
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Destro
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To: Paleo Conservative
Or David Bloom?
I thought he worked himself to death? Long hours in the hot sun without many break.
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posted on
10/06/2003 11:12:13 PM PDT
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lelio
To: Destro
Thanks. I knew prolonged sitting was involved. Also dehydration which would be due to the heat.
To: Lijahsbubbe
"Dehydration puts your body under greater stress because all your organs start to compete for the limited amount of water circulating in the blood. This in turn increases your blood pressure.
Where did you get your medical training?
That's dead wrong!
Blood pressure FALLS with dehydration.
"Other causes of low blood pressure include the following:
FROM:
MEDLINE plus Medical Encyclopedia: Blood Pressure - low Updated by: Bridget Martell, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
To: FormerlyAnotherLurker
To: lelio
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posted on
10/06/2003 11:42:43 PM PDT
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Paleo Conservative
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To: Destro
I believe you're talking about Deep Veinous Thrombosis - a potentially fatal condition that goes often undetected until too late.
Results from a clump of fat (thrumbus) detaching from an occluded blood vessel, then getting lodged in the lungs, where it becomes an embolus. Thing is, a vessel does not necessarily have to be obstucted to the point where major problems arise.
I believe Olympic Skater Tara Lipinski had problems with it, and she is certainly not a textbook case of bad health.
For some reason, sitting for a long time (like in an airplane or road trip) can dislodge a clot.
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10/06/2003 11:59:25 PM PDT
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To: FormerlyAnotherLurker
Looks like my post was pulled, presumably from no link. Which was my mistake. I can't find it now, but at any rate, look up any article on clotting and dehydration and you will find that dehydration is definitely a contributor, which was my original contention.
If that was incorrect, thanks for the correction.
To: Lijahsbubbe
The high blood pressure caused by dehydration was incorrect. I pointed it out to the moderator and he must have looked at the Medline articles.
Dehydration leads to hypotension not hypertension.
Hope I didn't get sarcastic.
To: FormerlyAnotherLurker
Well that taught me not to post so hastily! LOL.
To: Lijahsbubbe
What? You want to take away my (anal) joy at correcting posts?
How rude!
Some days I live for that.
LOL
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