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Doctors discovered only this week that Sharon has brain disease - report
(AP)
Updated: 2006-01-10 14:00
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was suffering from an undiagnosed brain
disease that can be worsened by the blood thinners he was taking before his
massive stroke last week, the Haaretz newspaper reported Tuesday.
If the disease of the blood vessels in the brain had been diagnosed when
Sharon suffered a first stroke on December 18, doctors most certainly would have
not prescribed the blood thinners due to the risks, a senior doctor treating
Sharon told Haaretz. The ailment was discovered only after Sharon suffered a
massive stroke last week, Haaretz said.
Doctors interviewed by Haaretz believe that the blood thinners led to the
severe brain hemorrhaging that Sharon suffered during his second stroke.
Sharon's brain disorder is called cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is
diagnosed by brain scans, the doctor close to the case told Haaretz. Sometimes
it can be detected only after brain hemorrhaging, the daily said.
Hospital spokeswoman Yael Bossem Levy declined to comment on the report. "We
are busy treating the prime minister and fighting for his life and nothing
else," she said.
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