Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez to take month off work for brain hematoma

(CNN) -- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez was told to take a month off work after doctors diagnosed her with subdural hematoma.

The diagnosis and the doctor's recommendation means Fernandez will be out of commission during the critical campaign season for congressional elections on October 27.

Spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said Saturday the president will suspend all her activities.

Subdural hematoma is a blood clot on the brain's surface beneath its outer covering, called the dura. Often times, in people over 60, a brain trauma can cause the blood vessels in the brain to tear, and blood to clot.

in August, Fernandez, 60, suffered a cranial trauma, for which doctors conducted a computerized brain tomography and found normal results that presented no symptom, Scoccimarro said.

According to Argentina's constitution, the vice president would assume the presidency temporarily in the president's absence, but officials have not said if this would occur.

Fernandez's health made headlines when she underwent surgery in January 2012 to remove her thyroid, after doctors determined she had papillary carcinoma in her thyroid gland.