Updated Lesnar diagnosis

By Jim Murphy November 18th, 2009

Here’s the latest on Brock Lesnar–according to Dana White he had a ‘hole in his intestine’ which is known as a ‘perforation’ in medical terms. Dana still had no real take on Lesnar’s future in the sport:

White cautioned that things could still go either way. He could fight. He could not. No one knows at this point. Lesnar was resting Wednesday at his home in Alexandria, Minn. and was scheduled to visit the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. early next week for a battery of tests.

“He had a hole in his intestine,” White said. “The (stuff) was leaking into his stomach. That’s what was causing him so much pain. That and he had abscesses.

“The doctor told him he hasn’t been right for a year. His immune system has been trying to fight this thing and that’s why he was susceptible to getting sick.”

That likely explains Lesnar’s original diagnosis of mono. He had been weakened to the point that he was unable to train for the Carwin fight for much of October. That prompted the original delay in the fight. Then last week, the intestinal problem flamed up and Lesnar was hospitalized.

Obviously the next question doctors will try to figure out is how Lesnar developed a hole in his intestine. Still a lot of medical questions that need to be answered before he can think about returning to action.

Dana White talks about Brock Lesnar’s hole @ Bloody Elbow

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