The president had yet another strange mark on his hands over Christmas, once again raising concerns that his health is not what he has claimed it to be.

Donald Trump—the oldest person to ever be elected president—was photographed with what appeared to be another bruise on Christmas Eve, this time marring his left hand.

The 79-year-old has repeatedly claimed that he is in pristine condition, brushing off public alarm over his deteriorating body.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    1311·
    1 day ago

    I’ve lost track of the Trump period calendar going into the holidays, but my bet remains:

    https://www.verywellhealth.com/injectable-alzheimers-drugs-8776312

    In the open-label trial of subcutaneous Leqembi, 8% of patients experienced reactions at the injection site, and most side effects were mild or moderate, according to Eisai.

    People who take Leqembi and Kisunla are required to get an MRI brain scan once a quarter to check for signs of brain damage, such as swelling and bleeding. Such amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) can occur when someone uses a drug designed to clear amyloid. Most ARIA are asymptomatic or cause mild symptoms, but some ARIA require hospitalization and special treatment.

    Eisai reported that people who received subcutaneous injections had slightly higher rates of ARIA than those who got an IV infusion, but the sample size of the injection group was small enough that an exact comparison can’t be made.

    Trumps’ been on this 28 day schedule of being very peppy, then dragging ass, then being practically dead, then getting his pep back. It lines up with the visual symptoms we see with his hands. He’s also on his like, 3rd or 4th “annual”* MRI for the year.

    *there is no annual MRI

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
      4·
      10 hours ago

      I specialize in orthopedics and rehabilitation, so this isn’t exactly my expertise. However, a lot of my patients are geriatrics and a lot of geriatric patients have hand bruising, especially if they are on a blood thinner like warfarin.

      Imo when Trump has his meeting with Putin in Alaska when his entire team panicked, I think he had a bit of a stroke. Strokes are pretty common after long plane rides, especially when you are 80 and your diet is mainly fast foods filled with trans and saturated fats.

      We already know he’s probably got something like PVD due to his peripheral edema, so a stroke or other cardiovascular events aren’t really surprising. I just think he’s on warfarin or some other thinner that causes peripheral bruising.

      I personally doubt this is from an IV, as the hand isn’t the only place you can place those. If he was trying to obscure his treatment they would just place the IV in his forearm.

      • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
        1·
        8 hours ago

        I’m 70, in great health, I exercise regularly and have a healthy diet. Even with all that, when I had surgery recently that required general anesthetic, I came home with a massive hematoma on the back of my hand as a souvenir of a less-than-optimally-placed IV cannula.

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Yes, bruising is a common side effect of IV inversion…which is why it would be weird to do it on the president’s hand if they were concerned about optics. There are plenty of places you can put an IV.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 hours ago

        The hand or the arm are specifically cited as where to place the IV for this class of drugs (at least in the material I’ve been able to read). It also explains the 3 month cycle (ish) of MRI’s, which is called for because this class of drugs increases potential for brain damage (hence the MRI’s).

        • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
          2·
          8 hours ago

          The hand or the arm are specifically cited as where to place the IV for this class of drugs (at least in the material I’ve been able to read).

          I mean that’s most IV drugs as it’s the least invasive place to do it. However, for someone trying to obscure their health problems an IV in the hand is crazy.

          explains the 3 month cycle (ish) of MRI’s

          Same for something like a stroke, or even a slip and fall tbi.

          The point is that there are plenty of reasons for an elderly person to have bruising on their hands, but experimental Alzheimer’s treatment is a bit far-fetched.

          • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
            11·
            7 hours ago

            Sure. Its just where I see the body of evidence lining up. Not with tbi or stroke, but with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis coupled with the “the very best” treatment medical science has to offer. TBI and stroke are just as speculative but don’t explain other aspects of what we see (the very clear cycle of pep and pause). Which is why I’m “betting” that its an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Its a longer shot (maybe), but because its a longer shot the payoff for being right is higher.