US President Donald Trump was diagnosed with a chronic venous insufficiency after complaints about leg swelling, but the White House doctors said on Thursday that they remain in “excellent health”.
The White House medical unit carried out a “complex test” of Trump, 79, after recent photographs showed him swollen ankles and a bruised hand, said the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on a press briefing, as Bloomberg says.
The ankle swelling is related to the disease that occurs when the damaged valves inside the veins try to keep the blood flowing from their feet back into the heart. Leavitt called this “common condition, especially in individuals over 70 years”. According to the Cleveland clinic, this disorder affects about one in 20 adults.
According to the Bloomberg report, the subsequent note of the White House physician Sean Barbabella said that doctors found “no evidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or arterial diseases” and that “no signs of heart failure, renal damage or systemic disease were” identified “.
“President Trump remains in excellent health,” Barbabella wrote.
Leavitt said that Trump was experiencing “no discomfort” related to his ankles, and the president underwent a “abundance of caution” test after he had recorded the swelling of her lower legs. The test included vascular studies, echocardiogram and ultrasound. Blood testing brought the results “within normal limits”, she added.
Using hands, it is “in line with irritation of less soft tissue irritation in frequent hand shake” and is also a “known and benign side effect of aspirin therapy,” Leavitt said. Trump takes the drug as part of the “standard cardiovascular prevention regime”, she said.
In January, Trump became the oldest individual who had ever swore like the US President and crossed his predecessor Joe Biden.
During the elections in 2024, Trump often criticized the now 82 -year -old Biden for his age and physical endurance. Trump, however, eventually left the race after a disastrous debate performance that intensified concerns about his own condition.
Meanwhile, images showing swelling in Trump’s hands and ankles raised other questions about his personal health.
Photos taken last weekend at the FIFA Club World Championship showed that Trump’s ankles look swollen inside his socks. On Tuesday, the reporters noticed what seemed to be make -up covering the grades on the President’s hands when he left the White House for a trip to Pennsylvania.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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