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'Arafat Died of Clotting Disorder' | ||
2004-11-18 | ||
![]() French medical secrecy laws mean that the report on Arafat's death has been communicated only to his immediate family, resulting in a spate of rumors in the Arab world that he may have been poisoned. An online medical dictionary describes DIC as a condition under which "blood clotting mechanisms are activated throughout the body instead of being localized to an area of injury. Small blood clots form throughout the body, and eventually the blood clotting factors are used up and not available to form clots at sites of real tissue injury." Quoting "very good sources," Le Monde said it was internal lesions associated with DIC which led to the sudden deterioration of Arafat's condition four days after his arrival at a Paris military hospital on Oct. 29. On Nov. 3 he fell into a coma from which he never surfaced. Le Monde quoted doctors as saying that DIC is a condition rather than an actual disease, and can be set off in a person of Arafat's age 75 by either an infection or a cancer. However they had found no indication of either. | ||
Posted by:Fred |
#17 he was died from drinkin to much. |
Posted by: muck4doo 2004-11-18 7:59:13 PM |
#16 Anti-coagulants are given regularly for certain heart conditions. Wonder if he got bad medical treatment and OD'd on them? Very possibly. I used to take Warfarin (Coumadin) for an irregular heart beat. Frequent testing is required to check Prothrombin (Clotting) time. A little of that stuff goes a loooooong way. I hope he ingested a pound.... |
Posted by: Warthog 2004-11-18 3:57:45 PM |
#15 Anti-coagulants are given regularly for certain heart conditions. Wonder if he got bad medical treatment and OD'd on them? |
Posted by: too true 2004-11-18 3:50:53 PM |
#14 What do you think Dr. Steve......a little too much Vitamin K in the old Yasshat? |
Posted by: Warthog 2004-11-18 3:46:05 PM |
#13 The Andromeda Strain |
Posted by: mojo 2004-11-18 3:16:20 PM |
#12 Re: #1: Captain, you're assuming he had a heart. Now, you know what happens when you assume... |
Posted by: BA 2004-11-18 1:04:29 PM |
#11 So, what they're saying is he was one big, walking scab? Eeeeeeeeeeewww! But, if you go to the Centers for Disease Control web site, you find something interesting. Apparently DIC is a side effect of smallpox vaccine. No sh**! Check it out! http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/smallpoxvaccine/reactions/septicshock2.html Wonder if that is how he got "poisoned"? Bad batch of vaccine? And what the hell was he taking smallpox vaccine for? Ok, better knock it off. I'm sounding like a moonbat...... |
Posted by: Desert Blondie 2004-11-18 11:46:57 AM |
#10 Feathers from a pillow can ALSO cause clotting! So maybe the pillow they were pushing down on his face contributed to his death. |
Posted by: Justrand 2004-11-18 11:18:23 AM |
#9 I thought he bit a hook and got reeled in! |
Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-11-18 10:05:07 AM |
#8 Let's stop dancing around the fact that he died of AIDS Ive only just stopped dancing about the fact that he died :) |
Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-18 9:47:55 AM |
#7 Let's stop dancing around the fact that he died of AIDS. |
Posted by: Tibor 2004-11-18 9:41:53 AM |
#6 You know rat poison causes a "clotting disorder". The most common rat poison, warfarin, prevents clotting. Anticoagulant rodenticides all kill by inhibiting the process in which the liver produces clotting agents in the blood. Over time, Mr. Rat eats too much rodenticide, loses the ability to clot efficiently, and finally dies from uncontrolled bleeding. Sounds like Yasser was clotting too much. |
Posted by: Steve 2004-11-18 8:44:26 AM |
#5 his DIC got him in trouble, eh? |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-18 8:44:16 AM |
#4 You know rat poison causes a "clotting disorder". |
Posted by: red 2004-11-18 8:22:08 AM |
#3 Thought that said 'clothing disorder' - always thought that keffiyah was a bit tight.. |
Posted by: Howard UK 2004-11-18 6:02:13 AM |
#2 Is *that* what they're calling it nowadays. |
Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-11-18 5:28:45 AM |
#1 Hell, and here I thought he died because his heart stopped beating. |
Posted by: Capt America 2004-11-18 12:39:21 AM |