AIR FORCE ONE/TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Monday he had undergone an MRI examination, with out saying why.
“It was good,” he advised reporters on board Air Power One en path to Tokyo.
A magnetic resonance imaging scan makes use of magnets and radio waves to create detailed photographs of the within of the physique. It may be used to observe a spread of circumstances.
Trump, 79, was the oldest particular person to be inaugurated as U.S. president when he retook the White Home in January, and he’s the second oldest particular person to function U.S. president.
Earlier this month, the U.S. president’s physician mentioned Trump was discovered to be in “distinctive well being” in a medical analysis.
In July, the White Home disclosed that Trump was experiencing swelling in his decrease legs and bruising on his proper hand, after pictures confirmed the president with swollen ankles and make-up masking the stricken a part of his hand.
Trump’s doctor, Sean Barbabella, mentioned in a letter launched by the White Home on the time that assessments confirmed the leg problem was attributable to “continual venous insufficiency,” a benign and customary situation, particularly in folks over 70 years outdated.
The physician mentioned the bruising on Trump’s hand was in line with minor smooth tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and aspirin use, which Trump takes as a part of a “customary cardiovascular prevention routine.”
Since then, the White Home has performed down considerations about Trump’s well being, with out detailing how the leg problem is being handled.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt, Writing by Satoshi Sugiyama and Peter Graff, Modifying by Timothy Heritage)
