Doctor Admits to Sharon Health Coverup

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Thursday, January 12. 2006

Doctor Admits to Sharon Health Coverup

From Haaretz:

The controversy surrounding Sharon's medical treatment and the transparency of his physicians continued unabated Wednesday.

Additional criticism was heard of Sharon's physicians for concealing the diagnosis of CAA after the prime minister's first stroke, despite their declaration of "full disclosure of [Sharon's] condition in the wake of his hospitalization."

Chico Menashe of Israel's Channel 10 reported Wednesday that a doctor involved in Sharon's treatment said the information was concealed "for political reasons," out of fear that if made public, it would be used for propaganda purposes against Sharon and his Kadima party, particularly in light of the fact that CAA has often been associated in medical literature with Alzheimer's Disease.

This confirms the charge I brought the day after Sharon's first stroke. I disputed the "clean bill of health" diagnosis and demonstrated disinformation on the part of his medical team. I also stated that it was clear that the team was focused on preventing the public from understanding the obvious point that I wrote after the first stroke: that his poor and precarious health "is the key to the current election. Ariel Sharon is nearly 78, very much overweight and not likely to change."

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Sharon made his decisions right or wrong. Doctors are human and make mistakes. Probably Sharon almost died when he had the stroke but his time was not up. Now the result is what now for Israel? An election is to be held and the people will decide.

#1 stackja1945 (Link) on 2006-01-12 10:25 (Reply)

Here it is, in black and white, from the neurology department of Harvard University:

CAA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
http://neuro-oas.mgh.harvard.edu/caa/qanda.html

"ARE THERE STEPS CAA PATIENTS CAN TAKE TO HELP PREVENT A STROKE FROM RECURRING?"

"Most patients with CAA should avoid agents that 'thin the blood' or interfere with blood clotting. The medicine with the strongest effect on blood clotting (and thus the riskiest for CAA patients) is warfarin (also known by its trade name "Coumadin"). Other medicines that have weaker effects on the blood are aspirin, ticlopidine ("Ticlid"), clopidogrel ("Plavix"), and most of the anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen. Patients who have had bleeding strokes should discuss these medications carefully with their doctor before using them, as they may carry more risk than benefit. Also, while high blood pressure does not appear to be a major contributor to CAA, it is usually prudent to monitor the blood pressure after a patient recovers from a bleeding stroke and maintain it in the normal range."

#2 Reuven Daitch on 2006-01-13 09:30 (Reply)

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