Hillary Clinton is releasing more detailed medical records Wednesday that describe the form of pneumonia she’s been diagnosed with as a mild, non-contagious bacterial infection and which include more specifics about the results of routine lab tests, such as blood cholesterol levels and her annual mammogram.
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“She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest”, said her doctor, Lisa Bardack, in a letter released by her campaign. The examination included a “non-contrast chest CT scan”, the results of which showed Clinton had “small right middle-lobe pneumonia”. Clinton spent the first part of this week recuperating at her home in Chappaqua, New York, while her husband, former President Bill Clinton, filled in for her at campaign events. On Sept. 2, Bardack saw Clinton and advised her to rest and prescribed antibiotics.
The complication led Mrs Clinton to spend a few days in hospital and take a month off from her job at the State Department. She still takes the same two medications regularly, Armor Thyroid and Coumadin, as well as occasional doses of vitamin B12 and antihistamines, which Clinton said she “upped” last week to “try to break through” her seasonal allergies after suffering a coughing attack on stage. “She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve”.
Trump, too, has said he plans to release the details of a recent physical this week. She used her Republican National Convention speech to talk about child care issues, though her father has barely mentioned it on the campaign trail. Clinton was also treated in January for a sinus and ear infection.
Her illness became public after she left a 9/11 memorial service in New York City and was seen on video staggering while getting into a van. When Clinton returned home to NY, her doctor performed a CT scan, which revealed pneumonia.
Trump, 70, knows he could stand to lose a few pounds but otherwise is in great health, campaign adviser Sarah Huckabee Sanders told MSNBC on Wednesday after the Republican nominee taped an episode of the “Dr. Oz Show” in NY that will air on Thursday. She concluded then that Clinton is in “excellent physical condition and fit to serve”.
Mrs Clinton is scheduled to address the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute dinner in Washington on Thursday evening and appear on The Tonight Show on Friday.
You can read Clinton’s full medical statement here.
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Bardack wrote that after Clinton’s travel, which included numerous flights on her new campaign plane, her congestion worsened and she developed a cough, evidenced by a coughing attack during a campaign rally in OH on Labor Day.
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Instead, Trump and Oz, would speak generally about health and wellness, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom”.
