Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was recovering well after she was diagnosed with pneumonia last week, according to her campaign committee. While she initially said she was just dehydrated, she revealed the pneumonia diagnosis the following day to put aside so many rumors about her health.
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Fit as a fiddle! Hillary Clinton released additional medical records to the public on Wednesday, September 14, in which her doctor declared her to be in good health.
Bardack said Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia after a chest CT scan Friday found “mild, noncontagious bacterial pneumonia”.
As for the Democratic presidential nominee’s recent health scare where she became light-headed and dizzy leaving a 9/11 memorial in NY, her doctor was well aware of what she was going through as she’d already examined her beforehand.
The physician said she examined Clinton and advised her to stay home and rest in wake of the incident, adding that she has since evaluated her several times.
Bardack said she has seen Clinton regularly for routine care, including recurrent blood testing and treatment of allergy flares. She takes medication for an underactive thyroid and a blood thinner following a 2012 blood clot in her head while secretary of state.
Clinton was prescribed Levaquin for the infection, her doctor wrote.
Clinton’s return to the campaign trail comes as polls show the race tightening both nationally and in key battleground states. Respondents also said by a margin of 54-37 that Trump was more transparent than Clinton.
Mr Trump had another physical in recent days, and he went on the television set of celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz today to disclose his new health records.
The diehard fans have no doubts, with Clinton supporter Lynette Hall saying: “Maybe it helps show she is more human, she does get sick like the rest of us”.
The show is due to air Thursday.
Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook contended that with the letter “the public now knows more about Hillary Clinton than almost anyone in public life”. Perhaps capitalizing on this weak spot in Clinton’s rep and seeking to remedy the fact that the public actually doesn’t know much about his medical history, Trump participated in a taping of The Dr. Oz Show Wednesday. Her mammograms are great.
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Mr Trump, meanwhile, has said he is planning to release details this week of a recent physical.
