The condition, which can affect blood flow, came into the spotlight after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was hospitalized with severe swelling in her leg.
May-Thurner syndrome came into the spotlight this week when the election campaign for Rep. Lauren Boebert announced that she had been diagnosed with the condition, which can affect blood flow.
Many people who have May-Thurner syndrome don’t experience symptoms. The condition is more common in people between the ages of 20 and 40 who have been pregnant, according to the While the syndrome was initially presumed to be rare when it was anatomically defined in 1957 by the researchers it is named after, reports have become more frequent, and there is speculation it may be more prevalent “than generally perceived,” according to athat one reason for underdiagnosis of the condition could be that people may not be symptomatic until “provoked by instances of increased hypercoagulability,” ormedicine to break down clots.
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