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.

AP/Patrick Semansky, file
Representative Lauren Boebert during a news conference on Capitol Hill, July 14, 2023. AP/Patrick Semansky, file

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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