Lauren Boebert Has Emergency Surgery for ‘Economy Class Syndrome’
‘I’m looking forward to making a full recovery and getting back to Congress to continue fighting for Colorado,’ Boebert says.

Representative Lauren Boebert’s campaign announced this week that the congresswoman is recovering from surgery for May-Thurner Syndrome, a blood clotting condition, though it appears unlikely to affect her political campaign.
May-Thurner Syndrome, scientifically known as deep vein thrombosis and colloquially called “economy class syndrome,” is a blood-clotting condition caused by a right iliac artery compressing a left iliac artery, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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