Clinton campaign releases additional health details on candidate
Published September 14, 2016
The Hillary Clinton campaign on Wednesday released what it called a
comprehensive update on the candidates medical information, describing
the illness that took her off the trail this week as a mild and
non-contagious bacterial pneumonia.
She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest, said Dr. Lisa Bardack,
Clintons physician, who provided the information to the campaign.
Bardack also said Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, remains
healthy and fit to serve.
The report follows Clinton having public coughing spells in recent weeks and
stumbling on Sunday morning during a 9/11 memorial service in New York City.
Several hours after that incident, the campaign said that Clinton had been
diagnosed Friday with pneumonia and was leaving the campaign trail for a few
days to convalesce.
Bardack said she detected a small sign of pneumonia in the right
middle-lobe of Clintons lung during the examination last week. And she
described the pneumonia as mild and non-contagious bacterial.
The release Wednesday also shows Clinton takes thyroid medication and the
blood-thinner Coumadin, which had been previously known.
Clinton also was recently prescribed Clarinex and Levaquin, which treats
bacterial infections, to help get rid of the pneumonia.
Bardack, chairwoman of Internal Medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount
Kisco, N.Y., diagnosed the pneumonia after taking a CT scan of Clintons
lungs.
The campaign said Bardack also examined the 68-year-old Clinton on Wednesday
and indicated she continues to improve."
The report appeared to show all of Clintons other health indicators in the
normal range, including her blood pressure, heart rate and cholesterol
levels.
Bardack also found Clinton to be in excellent mental condition, according
to the campaigns release.
In December 2012, when Clinton was secretary of state, she fell, hit her
head and sustained a concussion.
Aides said she fell because she had a stomach virus and became dizzy. About
two weeks after the fall, doctors found a blood clot in Clintons head that
was dissolved through medication. A July 2015 report confirmed the incident.
Clinton later said she needed about six months to fully recover from the
problems related to the fall, including double vision.
That report and the one released Wednesday also shows Clinton suffers from
allergies.
Her running-mate, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, released a letter Wednesday from
his congressional doctor stating he is in excellent medical health.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday shared a summary
of the results of his latest physical with television host and doctor Mehmet
Oz. The show is set to air Thursday.
The details were provided during a taping. The Dr. Oz Show said in a press
release that Trump "shared with Dr. Oz the results of his physical
examination performed last week by Dr. Harold Bornstein," Trump's longtime
doctor.
Oz also "took Mr. Trump through a full review of systems," including his
nervous system, hormone levels and family medical history.
Trump running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has vowed to release his records
soon.
Clinton is expected to return to the campaign trail Thursday.
She did not attend fundraisers in California and a rally Wednesday in
Nevada, instead turning to a reliable surrogate: her husband and former
President Bill Clinton.
He hobnobbed with wealthy donors earlier this week at a pair of Beverly
Hills fundraisers, including a $100,000-per couple dinner at the home of
designer Diane Von Furstenberg. And he snapped selfies with fans during a
surprise stop at a trendy coffee shop in Los Angeles before heading to swing
state Nevada.
"I'm glad to have a chance to stand in for Hillary today," he told voters in
Las Vegas on Wednesday. "She did it for me for a long time. It's about time
I showed up and did it for her."
Having a former president on standby is an unprecedented luxury for a White
House candidate. It's also a reminder to voters that, when it comes to the
Clintons, the couple is a package deal, for better or worse.
Campaign aides quickly called Bill Clinton's chief of staff to see if he
could step in for a few days. The timing wasn't ideal. His schedule was
packed with interviews and other events in New York ahead of next week's
last-ever meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, a wing of the family's
philanthropy.
But aides said he quickly agreed to clear his schedule and fly to
California. He reportedly has been calling his wife multiple times a day to
check on her health and report back on conversations with donors and other
Democrats.
"She's married to the best surrogate in the world," said Jerry Crawford, an
Iowa Democrat and longtime Clinton ally.
For all his political gifts, Bill Clinton has been an imperfect messenger on
his wife's health this week.
He volunteered in an interview that she had had episodes like this before
and on Wednesday said she had flu, not pneumonia. A spokesman said he
misspoke and meant pneumonia, but such moments provide grist to conspiracy
theorists who think Hillary Clinton is hiding health issues.
In Nevada, Clinton said, I just talked to her, and shes feeling great and
getting back out there. And last time I checked, millions of people still
get the flu.
Hillary Clinton has an impressive stable of other surrogates on hand for the
campaign's final stretch. President Barack Obama, whose favorability is on
the rise in his final year in office, campaigned for her on Tuesday in
Philadelphia. Vice President Joe Biden opened the week in North Carolina.
Michelle Obama, the hugely popular first lady, will help rally voters in
Virginia on Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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