blood clot
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Hurts has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and a bilateral pulmonary emboli, the statement said, meaning a blood clot has traveled from his legs to his lungs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
He added that she also has a blood clot in one of her arms, pneumonia, and is not able to swallow.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
She has a blood clot in one of her arms, pneumonia and is unable to swallow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
She suffered repeated seizures, was diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot, and experienced wild swings in blood pressure.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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