David Chao
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“What do they mean by movement?”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao questioned the meaning of the word "movement" in the Eagles' statement about Jalen Hurts' blood clot.
“Do they mean movement as in it's propagating and it's now a bigger superficial blood clot? Or is it movement meaning it's deeper and it's a deep vein clot?”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao speculated whether the clot's movement meant it was propagating superficially or becoming a deep vein clot.
“Then he would be out for the season,”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao said Hurts would be out for the season if a DVT clot broke loose and caused a pulmonary embolism.
“If they said nothing to see here, it causes at least an eyebrow raise.”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao said it would raise an eyebrow if the team dismissed the clot before the flight back from London.
“You have to understand, people with superficial DVTs get sent home and do sleep at night and that's sometimes eight hours. He's not in a seat that can't move. If they urged him to move, they had some sort of pulsatile device on his leg, they had compression stockings, blood thinned it a little bit, then the flight is very defensible.”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao said the flight would be defensible if the team took precautions such as compression stockings and blood thinners.
“But it depends what they did for the flight. If they said, 'Oh, nothing to see here, don't worry about it,' that would raise an eyebrow.”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao discussed whether the flight back from London may have worsened Hurts' condition, depending on precautions taken.
“If he has a deep vein clot, he's out for multiple weeks, at least.”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao said a deep vein clot would sideline Hurts for multiple weeks at minimum.
“Internal organ bleeding would be worrisome, but the big fear is, what if you have a brain bleed?”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao explained that the biggest risk of playing on strong anticoagulants would be a brain bleed.
“If it's a deep vein thrombosis it starts to be measured in months not weeks,”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao said a deep vein thrombosis would be measured in months rather than weeks.
“But if movement means it has become deep vein, then he's out long term, and they haven't revealed the whole breadth or depth of the news yet,”
David Chao · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Dr. Chao added that if the clot had become deep vein, Hurts would be out long term and the team had not revealed the full extent of the news.