Clinton spokesperson confirms Daily News analysis that Secretary of State is wearing glasses to correct vision problems after concussion and blood clot

A Clinton spokesperson confirmed that the new specs are related to her head trauma. By Tina Moore / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, January 24, 2013, 11:16 PMSecretary of State Hillary Clinton's brown glasses are more than a new accessory. A State Department spokesman confirmed experts' reports that the specs are related to her recent head injury.

Closeups of Secretary of State Clinton taken during her Senate testimony Wednesday revealed that her head injury last month left her with lingering vision problems.

As she testified about the Sept. Consulate in Libya, the secretary of state appeared to have tiny vertical lines etched onto the left lens of her new brown specs.

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Clinton's spokesman confirmed Thursday night she is wearing the special glasses as a result of the fall and concussion she suffered last month, but he did not elaborate.

Experts told the Daily News that Clinton likely has a Fresnel prism placed on her glasses. The adhesive panel is used to treat double Authentic Derek Carr Jersey vision.

RELATED: HILLARY CLINTON TESTIFIES IN FRONT OF CONGRESS ON BENGHAZI ATTACKA close up of the left lens of Hillary Clinton's glasses revealed tiny vertical lines identified by experts as a Fresnel prism used to treat double vision.

"If she's wearing a Fresnel prism, then she has double vision without it," said Dr. Mark Fromer, medical director of Fromer Eye Centers.

Dozens of light vertical lines could be seen glinting across Clinton's left lens in photos taken Wednesday during her dramatic testimony.

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Fromer said the press on prism, which can also be used to treat muscle weakness in the eye, Derek Carr Jersey "helps bring images into focus."

A Manhattan eye doctor who refused to give his name agreed that double http://www.packersofficialauthentic.com/authentic-jared-abbrederis-jersey.html vision was "the only reason" for Clinton to be wearing the stick on.

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"That's the only thing I can think of with vertical lines in there," he said. "If you can see it, it's more like a stick on that's temporary that you can peel off."

After her fall and concussion, Clinton was later hospitalized at New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia for a blood clot near her brain.

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The former First Lady went head to head with foes at the Senate hearings over the attack that left four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, dead.

Clinton is expected to return to private life next week and is contemplating a run for President in 2016.

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