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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, recently had a medical check -up after noticing the “slight swelling” at the bottom of the legs and it was discovered that he had a common condition in older adults that makes the blood accumulate in his veins, the White House said Thursday.
The press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that the tests of the White House Medical Unit showed that Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, which occurs when small valves inside the veins that normally help move the blood against gravity gradually lose the ability to work correctly.
Leavitt also approached the bruises on the back of Trump’s hand, seen in recent photos covered by makeup that was not an exact combination with his skin tone.
She said the bruise was “consistent” with irritation of her “frequent handshake and the use of aspirin.” Trump takes aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
During his press conference, Leavitt said his dissemination of Trump’s medical check -up was destined to dissipate recent 79 -year -old republican president’s health. However, the announcement was remarkable since Trump has routinely kept secret Basic facts about your health.
Trump in April had a comprehensive physical exam with more than a dozen medical specialists. The three -page report then published by the White House did not include a chronic venous insufficiency finding.
At that time, his doctor determined that the president’s joints and muscles had a complete range of movement, with normal blood flow without swelling.
Leavitt did not say when Trump noticed the swelling for the first time at the bottom of the legs. As part of the president’s routine medical care and outside an “abundance of caution,” he said he had a “comprehensive exam” that included vascular tests, lower limbs and ultrasound.
Common condition for those more than 70: Leavitt
Leavitt said that chronic venous insufficiency is a benign condition that is common in people over 70 years.
She said the tests did not reveal evidence of deep vein thrombosis, a more serious medical condition in which a blood clot forms in one or more of the deep veins in the body, usually in the legs. There was also no evidence of arterial disease, he said, reading a letter from Trump’s doctor.
It is often advised to people who lose weight, walk to exercise and raise their legs periodically, and can be advised to use compression means. Serious cases over time can lead to complications, including sores in the lower legs called ulcers. The blood clots are a cause, but were discarded, Leavitt said.
Leavitt said the condition was not causing the president of any discomfort. She did not argue how he was dealing with the condition and suggested that these details would be in the doctor’s letter, which Then he was released to the public. But the letter was the same one that read, and did not include any additional detail.
The White House examination on Thursday included other tests that did not find signs of heart failure, renal disability or systemic disease, Leavitt said.
“The president remains in excellent health, which I think you are all witnesses daily here,” he told reporters.
Todd Berland, a doctor who is director of outpatient vascular interventions at Nyu Langone Health in New York City, said that chronic venous insufficiency “has no general effect on life expectancy. It is a problem of quality of life, not a problem of amount of life.”
When winning the presidential elections of the United States last November, Trump became The oldest candidate to claim victory in the persecution of the oval office.
And when he swore in January, Trump was a few months older than his predecessor Joe Biden was in his own possession in 2021.
