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Trump undergoes medical exam for swelling in legs, hand bruising (thehill.com)
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[–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Im only speculating, based on what i remember from EMT and MA training. Tell tale signs though, and unfortunately is somewhat fixable. I doubt surgery will kill him but bad diet afterwards might. But its a president so .......

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There is no way he adjusts his diet at all. He believes the body has a battery with a finite amount of energy and exercise is bad because it depletes that battery faster. There's no way he has the mental capacity to understand he needs to change his eating habits when the doctors advise it.

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2017/may/15/trumps-theory-exercise-victorian-britain-eugenics-sexism

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    And recall that his previous doctor had suggested hiding some green vegetables in his mashed potatoes or something, like over does for a child, just to get him to eat healthier. And this was like 6 years ago

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    At his age with his potential comorbidities? Surgery of any kind is absolutely a possible killer.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't want him to die that easy. I want him to be mocked and to rot sowly. Maybe live another century at least.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Surgery on the elder is risky also because their minds don’t take anesthesia well. A lot don’t come back as the same people, their memories are wrecked, and usually they don’t last but a few more years after.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nearly half of all patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction (EF). The prevalence of this syndrome, termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), continues to increase in the developed world, likely because of the increasing prevalence of common risk factors, including older age, female sex, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, renal dysfunction and obesity. However, we should be aware that the president's ejection fraction has not been disclosed, nor has his BNP, Creatinine & GFR (or troponins/EKG). When was his last ECHO and Stress Test???

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