WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is starting off the new year in a hospital with a blood clot. Clinton, a former first lady, ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
Charles Eyler knows all about blood clots. He’s had two. “They’re painful, I mean really painful. Really bad pain,” Eyler said.
And now, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has her second blood clot.
The first, in her leg, occurred during travel as First Lady fourteen years ago. Then Sunday, the diagnosis of a new clot -- this one in her head.
Most blood clots occur in the leg. They can be fatal if the clot dislodges and moves to the lung, where it blocks blood flow and strains the heart.
