United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she was “doing great” as she held her first rally after pneumonia forced her to take time out of the campaign trail.
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Later, the campaign said that Clinton had been diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday.
The letter-written by Lisa Bardack, Clinton’s longtime physician and chair of internal medicine at CareMount Medical-comes three days after Clinton stumbled at a 9/11 memorial early Sunday and had to leave the event. “I examined her immediately upon her return home; she was re-hydrating and recovering nicely”.
According to Bardack, Clinton has had “several allergy flares over the past year, which has been a typical pattern for most of her life”.
The letter from Clinton’s doctor made no mention of her weight, a key part of any medical exam, nor did a similar letter released a year ago.
It was only after video surfaced that Clinton’s campaign acknowledged she was diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier.
The Clinton campaign says one upside to her downtime is that she’s been able to sharpen her closing message to voters.
Mrs Clinton was said to be “recovering well with antibiotics and rest” after being laid low by a case of “mild, non-contagious” pneumonia over the weekend.
“Welcome back to ‘Stronger Together, ‘” Clinton told reporters aboard her campaign airplane before she set off to North Carolina.
Clinton was prescribed Levaquin for the infection, her doctor wrote.
On Thursday Donald Trump released a letter from his doctor which said he is in “excellent physical health”.
The only medical information released publicly on Trump so far is a short, often-mocked letter from his doctor saying he would be the healthiest president ever.
The Trump campaign is also addressing the candidate’s health this week with an appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show”.
Following the revelation of Clinton’s pneumonia, Trump vowed soon to release specific numbers from a recent check-up with Bornstein.
Trump has said Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina” to serve as president.
“Strong Together” is her official campaign slogan – and the title of a book she and her running mate, Sen. But a release from the show said “Dr. Oz took Mr. Trump though a full review of his systems”, including his nervous system, cardiovascular health, prostate health and family medical history.
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We won’t know all of Dr. Bornstein’s findings until the episode airs on Thursday, but according to audience members Trump has a high testosterone level.
