“She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest”, said her doctor, Lisa Bardack, in a letter released by her campaign.
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Clinton’s health and wellbeing have always been at the center of an alt-right conspiracy that she became seriously ill following a fall and concussion in 2012, with videos of Clinton falsely spliced together to make her condition look more serious. “She looked maybe a little exhausted but nothing different than usual and we had a fine conversation and she was conversing with many other people as per usual”, said de Blasio.
The pneumonia incident brought up some familiar concerns about Clinton’s penchant for secrecy which has fueled a debate about her use of a private email server while she was President Barack Obama’s secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. While he wished her a speedy recovery, he claimed he had an inkling of her medical condition prior to her campaigns confirmation. Asked whether she fainted, Clinton replied: “No, I didn’t”.
The letter also notes that in January, during the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, Clinton developed a sinus and ear infection that was initially treated with antibiotics and steroids.
The presidential candidate was seen stumbling as she tried to get into her vehicle at an event on the weekend because she was suffering from fatigue and a low-grade fever.
The announcements came as Clinton spent a third day resting at her home in Chappaqua, New York, after falling ill on Sunday morning as she left a September 11 memorial in New York City.
We might know more about her generally, but neither she nor her opponent, GOP nominee Donald Trump, have released as much medical information as President Obama or former candidates Mitt Romney or Sen. “And, obviously, that did not work out so well”, she said.
Clinton’s most recent medical test results revealed her cholesterol is in the normal range with LDL of 103 and HDL of 56. Still, there is still little known about Clinton’s medical history before 2012.
Video captured after Clinton, 68, left the ceremony showed her unable to stand on her own and being dragged a few feet to her van by Secret Service staff.
Ms Clinton said she’d been advised to rest for five days but ignored the advice and wanted to attend the 9/11 commemoration.
News of Trump’s media-savvy appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” – though it appeared to reveal little detail – flooded the U.S. airwaves on Wednesday, upping the pressure on Clinton to share more health data before returning to the trail Thursday with appearances in North Carolina and Washington.
The Republican presidential nominee shared information about the exam just hours after his campaign signaled he would only talk about health matters in a very general sense.
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The details made public by the Democratic presidential nominee included a description of the pneumonia diagnosis she received last week. The physical was conducted by Dr. Harold Bornstein, who proclaimed in a four-paragraph letter last year that the 70-year-old Trump, if elected, would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”.
