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byrsilvergun ( 571051 ) writes:
In my feed lately. And I'm guessing it's because the news media really really wants to cover Trump's MRI but isn't allowed to. I mean except for the British press.
A member of Congress just pointed out that the spots on Trump's hands are probably from an IV used to administer in Alzheimer's drug and that the MRIs are likely because the drug has a side effect that can cause brain swelling and they are monitoring for that.
What's weird is while this is going on suddenly I get all these stories in my fee
byKen_g6 ( 775014 ) writes:
This feels like what's known as a house of cards. Are the spots on Trump's hand from an IV? Almost certainly. Did it contain an Alzheimers drug? That's very speculative.
An old person falling asleep can be caused by many things. Congestive heart failure is one. That condition is also associated with cankles. Trump said the MRI was of his torso, heart area, not brain area. This is another house of cards, but it looks a bit stronger to me.
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byrsilvergun ( 571051 ) writes:
So the stuff on his hands is definitely from a IV. The only question is what is he getting as an IV on a consistent basis.
And then we have the MRIs. You don't just do MRIs. There is no such thing as a preventative MRI that doesn't involve a known issue.
Alzheimer's is the only thing that fits the data we have. Yeah it is possible it's something else but if we just talking about probability and likelihood especially given Trump's behavior where he keeps falling asleep during cabinet meetings, a side e
bytragedy ( 27079 ) writes:
There is no such thing as a preventative MRI that doesn't involve a known issue.
Well, there is. TFA is literally about that. It is not part of standard medical practice and everything else you said seems to check out, but that statement was not quite correct.
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