Posted on 09/29/2014 6:18:16 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
The thick glasses Hillary Clinton has been wearing in public since returning from a concussion and blood clot last month are the result of lingering effects of her health problems, a Clinton aide confirms.
"She'll be wearing these glasses instead of her contacts for a period of time because of lingering issues stemming from her concussion," said spokesman Philippe Reines. "With them on she sees just fine."
During more than five hours of testimony before Congress Clinton could be seen wearing glasses that appeared to have a thick left lens with lines across it.
Reines did not specify what type of lens the secretary was wearing, but medical experts say a fresnel prism is common in cases like these. The special grooves in these prisms change the way light enters the eye, making them useful in treating double vision.
Dr. James Liu, director of the Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery at the Neurological Institute of New Jersey, said that concussion and head injury can lead to blurred or double vision in some cases, and that this symptom can linger for a while during recovery.
"It is possible that blurred or double vision can last up to weeks and even months," he said. "This really depends on the severity of the head injury. In cases of concussions, these symptoms are usually temporary and eventually resolve with time."
The glasses did not seem to affect Clinton's demeanor during her testimony where she became emotional when talking about the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other Americans killed in the terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The secretary confidently answered questioned posed by senators and House representatives, and even sparred with some over her handling of the Benghazi crisis.
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Phoney baloney claptrap.
But Hillary and her people have said she has no lingering effects.
The Clintons can’t have it both ways. She can’t say there are no lingering effects, then go into a situation in which she says she doesn’t recall something because of the effects of her concussion.
The media may well let her have it both ways, but we should not do so.
ABC is just figuring this out?
Yep, pick one or the other....
Who the hell cares?
If the old bat fell dead tomorrow, I wouldn't give a damn.
Cold, I know, but probably the sentiments of 80% of Americans.
I just wish the damned Clinton bunch would go away.
Forever.
Since these pics are taken at a side angle, rather than straight on, it’s hard to tell if the lenses are, in fact, fresnel prism lenses or just Hils! regular coke bottle lenses (that she’s worn for decades).
Hope the clot travels to her brain and kills her husband.
Hope the clot travels to her brain and kills her husband.
My son played high school and college football. Concussions were all around him. There was never anything like these glasses.
And besides — the convoluted story about her concussion — stomach virus, dehydration, fainting in her house, blood clot, just sounds like BS. How the hell hard could she hit her head? And what did she hit? Steel? Bricks? Stones? How about Bubba blowing out his knee at Greg Norman’s “house.” WTF do these people do around the house? Everything is so weird with them. (Because they are pathological liars.)
To see.
Why does anyone wear glasses? To see better. Age is a factor. Many begin to wear bifocals in their 40’s.
Do you see something sinister in her wearing glasses? Isn’t she in her late sixties or almost?
If she has another health episode in private, we’ll never hear about it. However, if something happens during a public appearance where she needs to be assisted from the stage, with the cameras rolling, there’s no way it can be covered up. That, coupled with accounts of her previous health issues, will mean the end of any possible run for the White House.
Unfit to testify = unfit for office.
Put her under oath, Gowdy.
Yes, agreed!
“If there were any honest conservative left in the GOP, they would have at least tried to fight Obamacare.”
Guessing you missed Ted Cruz with his 21 hour filibuster.
Too bad
You got it. I’ve had a couple of mild concussions from falls, as I have Meniere’s. And never needed more than a dose of Tylenol and a anti puke pill.
Now the belly flop Meniere’s fall on concrete following a AB surgery damaged the Vegus Nerve, and I’m still in pain 3+ yrs later. They can’t fix it, all they can do is give me a easy digest diet and CERON capsules to take with meals to dull the pain. I’ve been up since 4:30 AM in both AB and OA pain.
I refuse to take addictive narcotics. I’m allergic to the OA drugs, and I CCW.
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