WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will endure a bodily examination on Friday following mounting questions on his well being prompted by noticeable bruising and swelling in latest months.
“On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated in a press release Wednesday. “President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter.”
Whereas the White Home described the go to as his common yearly bodily, the 79-year-old president had an annual examination simply six months in the past, on April 11.
Since then, Trump has been noticed with swollen ankles and a persistent bruise on his proper hand. The White Home stated in July that Trump had been identified with power venous insufficiency, however physicians had in any other case discovered the president to be in “excellent health.”
Trump’s ankle swelling, his physician stated, is expounded to the vein illness, which happens when broken valves contained in the veins wrestle to maintain blood flowing from the legs again to the guts. Leavitt beforehand known as it a “common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70.” The dysfunction impacts about one in 20 adults, in accordance with the Cleveland Clinic.
A subsequent memo from White Home doctor Sean Barbabella stated medical doctors discovered “no evidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or arterial disease” and that “no signs of heart failure, renal impairment, or systemic illness were identified.”
The White Home additionally stated the bruising on Trump’s hand, which has remained seen for months, was “minor soft tissue irritation from frequent hand-shaking” and a aspect impact of aspirin remedy, which the president takes as a part of a cardiovascular prevention routine.
His predecessor, former President Joe Biden, dropped out of the 2024 election amid questions on his acuity, and Trump in his first time period was reticent to reveal when he underwent medical evaluations.
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Initially Revealed: October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM EDT
