On Sunday, the White House published the health report of President Trump on Sunday, who declares that Mr. Trump “is fully able to perform the tasks” of the presidency while presenting some conditions, such as high cholesterol, for which he was treated and the report describes as “well controlled”.
The report, written by the president’s doctor, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, who is also a captain of the navy, says that Mr. Trump “remains in excellent health” and “presents excellent cognitive and physical health”. He refers to the “frequent victories of Mr. Trump in golf events” as an example of his “active way of life” contributing to his physical and mental well-being.
The report also notes that Mr. Trump has been treated for high cholesterol, skin damage by frequent sun exposure, seasonal allergies and diverticulosis, a condition in which small pockets, called diverticula, are formed in the colon wall. He also underwent cataract surgery for his two eyes and had a Benin colon polyp, according to the report.
Mr. Trump, 78 years old, underwent a cognitive cardiology and Tests during a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Friday. He told journalists that he felt that he was in “good shape” and had a “good heart”.
The health report indicates that Mr. Trump has passed “a complete neurological examination” which has not revealed any anomaly in cognitive function or his mental state. He indicates that he has scored 30 out of 30 points for the Cognitive Assessment of Montreal, a mental capacity test in which the subjects are invited to do Simple tasks Like drawing a clock that marks some time or repeated sentences that are read them. A score of 25 or less indicates a cognitive impairment.
It also presents detailed results of laboratory tests for cholesterol – claiming that its cholesterol levels were located in a normal range – and blood counting levels, that its 2023 ratio did not include. It is not clear if the White House would make Dr. Barbabella available to answer questions as Mr. Trump did with his doctors in the past.
The report is the first public accounting of Mr. Trump’s health since his return to the post in January and has become the oldest man ever sworn in as president. He had been kept from the same basic medical information Since he was killed in an assassination attempt in July.
His past medical reports were encountered by skepticism. One of his personal doctors said in 2018 that Trump had personally dictated a note, published under the name of this doctor three years earlier, that describes Mr. Trump’s blood pressure as “surprisingly excellent”. The note said that Mr. Trump, then presidential candidate, would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”.
Still in 2018, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, then a doctor of the White House, wrote that Mr. Trump was in “excellent” heart health despite the fact that Mr. Trump has a high level of LDL cholesterol from 143. (The report published on Sunday listed his LDL level at 51.) Cardiologists of cardiologists not affiliated with the White House Said at the time that Mr. Trump’s physical exam had revealed serious health problems and said Trump was at risk of a heart attack.
In 2020, Dr Sean P. Conley, another doctor of the White House, admitted that he had induced the induced audience Trump’s case of COVID-19 in order to reflect “the optimistic attitude” of the White House about the state of the president.
Mr. Trump, a passionate about fast food, is powered by a heavy diet Ice cream, red meat and soda.
The president called himself “a lot of German” and says that he does not drink alcohol or smoke, which was noted in the report. He said he was sleeping about five hours a night. Medical reports described it as 6 feet 3 inches.
The Sunday report lists it at 224 pounds, Nine heavier books than his files from Fulton County prison in Atlanta In 2023, when he was accused of attempted to overthrow his defeat presidential election in 2020 in Georgia.
Presidents are not required to publish their medical records, but they have traditionally done it to show the American public that they are up to their work.
Mr. Trump’s predecessor Joseph R. Biden Jr. was 82 years old when he left his duties and was prey to concerns about his age during his candidacy for re -election. Mr. Biden abandoned the race in July.
