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Medical Forum / General / General / November 2004Arafat's coma and low platelets
Any chance that the Palestinian leader has TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)? the amount of information that the public has been provided about Mr. Arafat's chronic and acute illnesses isn't enough to diagnose the common cold, let alone TTP. I sure hope he didn't have TTP, because he supposedly got a platelet transfusion...... > Any chance that the Palestinian leader has TTP (thrombotic > thrombocytopenic purpura)? He went into a coma after being given anesthesia before undergoing tests, including endoscopy, colonoscopy and spinal biopsy. Performing those tests on a person already in a weakened condition probably considerably worsened his condition. Ora >the amount of information that the public has been provided about Mr. >Arafat's chronic and acute illnesses isn't enough to diagnose the common [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> Any chance that the Palestinian leader has TTP (thrombotic >> thrombocytopenic purpura)? spinal biopsy? how did you learn about this fiction? > He went into a coma after being given anesthesia before undergoing tests, > including endoscopy, colonoscopy and spinal biopsy. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >> Any chance that the Palestinian leader has TTP (thrombotic > >> thrombocytopenic purpura)? > spinal biopsy? > how did you learn about this fiction? I'm having a hard time putting it together, too. Trying to grasp thromobocytopenia with the diagnostic need for EGD, colonoscopy, and lumbar puncture, and the risk/benefit ratio of doing these things in someone with presumabably impaired hemostasis. HMc Let's not be surprised if in 25 years or so, it sort-of leaks out that the Israeli Mossad had a hand in there. Cheers -- Martha Adams > Let's not be surprised if in 25 years or so, it sort-of leaks out that > the Israeli Mossad had a hand in there. The Mossad is doing colonoscopy now? HMc > > Let's not be surprised if in 25 years or so, it sort-of leaks out that > > the Israeli Mossad had a hand in there. > > The Mossad is doing colonoscopy now? I thought you put the scope up there, not the hand. Jeff > HMc http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041106/D866D1V80.html Ora >spinal biopsy? >how did you learn about this fiction? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Any chance that the Palestinian leader has TTP (thrombotic >> >> thrombocytopenic purpura)? > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041106/D866D1V80.html > > Ora > >>spinal biopsy? >>how did you learn about this fiction? The AP article really does say "spinal cord biopsy". Despite that, it's extremely unlikely that such a procedure was actually performed.  SignatureDavid Rind drind@caregroup.harvard.edu quotes a non-physician palestinian "envoy". most likely referring to a lumbar puncture. media stories regarding medical work-ups are notoriously inaccurate. > > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041106/D866D1V80.html > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > The AP article really does say "spinal cord biopsy". Despite that, it's > extremely unlikely that such a procedure was actually performed. > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041106/D866D1V80.html > > Ora Ah...it was on the internet so it must be true... HMc |
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