Doctor: PM's disease hidden to prevent political damage (Sharon)

[kskiska]

The controversy surrounding Sharon's medical treatment and the transparency of his physicians continued unabated Wednesday.

Additional criticism was heard of Sharon's physicians for concealing the diagnosis of CAA after the prime minister's first stroke, despite their declaration of "full disclosure of condition in the wake of his hospitalization."

Chico Menashe of Israel's Channel 10 reported Wednesday that a doctor involved in Sharon's treatment said the information was concealed "for political reasons," out of fear that if made public, it would be used for propaganda purposes against Sharon and his Kadima party, particularly in light of the fact that CAA has often been associated in medical literature with Alzheimer's Disease.

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[bemildred]

1. Politicians lie about their health?

Who knew? I thought they were all Boy Scouts(tm).

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. The guy was a walking...

...stroke, and everyone in Israel knew it.

Hell, Sharon made a PSA for Hanukkah, suggesting that Israelis take it easy on the latkes, sufganiyot and other fried foods, for the good of their cardiovascular systems.

[gunsaximbo]

3. Sharon is one giant walking latke!

;)

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Then maybe his doctors shouldn't have given him blood thinners

after his first stroke, which increases the risk of stroke in CAA patients? Somethings doesn't sound right here.

[burrowowl]

4. I wonder if

he will remain a zombie as long as Francisco Franco?

[punpirate]

5. Not sure about lasting as long as Franco...

... CAA, from what I read the other day is a degenerative disease. The blood vessels get progressively worse and the hemorrhaging goes on. It normally hits between the ages of forty and sixty, so at 77, Sharon's not likely to weather it well.

Cheers.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. I believe this is what some folks call hardening of the arteries?

Which is what my grandmother had and she lived to 96. The last 10 years of her life were no fun has her mental condition deteriorated and she started doing so pretty bizarre stuff on occasion. The last 2 years were really bad when she stopped recognizing family members. The last time I saw her, I don't even know if she knew it was me. The point is that people with this kind of degenerative disease can live a long time but 'quality of life' sucks.

[punpirate]

8. You're thinking of...

... arteriosclerosis (the generic term, medically, atherosclerosis), I believe. Happens to just about everyone. What Sharon has been diagnosed with is something else--CAA, or cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

More about it here:

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/cerebral_amyloid_angiopathy.jsp

Prognosis is not good.