# Mitch McConnell and Medical Issues

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**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-and-medical-issues/987661 "2023-07-26T19:02:50Z")\
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The CNN doctor suggested it was an absence seizure, probably a consequence of the accident he had a few months ago.

[Absence Seizures | Johns Hopkins Medicine](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epilepsy/absence-seizures#:~:text=An%20absence%20seizure%20causes%20you,by%20a%20period%20of%20hyperventilation).

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