On Sunday, she had to be helped into a van after abruptly leaving the World Trade Center memorial after aides said she felt “overheated”.
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Her campaign said Clinton has “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia“, and is being treated with an antibiotic called Levaquin, prescribed for 10 days.
Last Friday, a “CT scan revealed a small right middle lobe pneumonia”.
Health issues have dominated the race for November’s election since a dizzy spell forced Mrs Clinton, 68, to leave a 9/11 ceremony in NY on Sunday. She found that Clinton was “re-hydrating and recovering nicely”.
Clinton plans to return to the campaign trail on Thursday after several days resting at her suburban NY home.
The doctor’s note also mentioned Mrs Clinton’s sinus infection early in the year.
A statement released last summer said her “current medical conditions include hypothyroidism and seasonal pollen allergies“. Her total cholesterol was 189; her LDL or “bad” cholesterol was 103, and her HDL or “good” cholesterol was 56 – all within healthy levels and not signaling the need for any medications.
“Welcome back to ‘Stronger Together, ‘” Clinton told reporters aboard her campaign airplane before she set off to North Carolina.
Clinton appears anxious to change the subject of the news cycle from her health and appeared to punctuate that conversation with the release of additional documentation Wednesday afternoon in which her doctor said she “continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president. She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president of the U.S.”.
After Clinton’s health scare Sunday in Lower Manhattan, she was driven to daughter Chelsea’s apartment, from which she later left and announced she was feeling better. Hillary Clinton is in great shape and her doctor has released an official letter to let the world know she’s A-okay following her recent bout with pneumonia.
After the taping, Trump took potshots at his Clinton’s stamina at a rally in Ohio Wednesday night.
The Clinton campaign released a two-page letter from Clinton’s doctor Wednesday detailing her recent illness. She had a normal mammogram and breast ultrasound and shows no signs of developing heart disease, which runs in her family.
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The statement added that Ms Clinton had suffered no long-term ill effects from a concussion sustained in 2012 while serving as Secretary of State – an incident that has since fuelled conspiracy theories about the presidential hopeful’s overall health. Bornstein later said the letter took him only five minutes to write.
