Hillary Clinton’s campaign released additional medical information Wednesday afternoon claiming the Democratic nominee is in good health and making a successful recovery from bacterial pneumonia.
“She is recovering well with antibiotics and rest. She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States,” Clinton’s physician since 2001, Dr. Lisa Bardack, said in a letter provided to media.
“[Clinton] is in excellent mental condition,” the letter read.
Bardack also wrote that the candidate’s blood levels have been relatively stable, and that Clinton suffered several allergy flares in 2016.
“In January of 2016, Mrs. Clinton developed symptoms of sinusitis and an ear infection, which was treated with antibiotics and steroids. Over the ensuing few weeks, she noted progressive pain in her left ear despite treatment, and subsequently was evaluated by her ENT physician. This evaluation confirmed a sinus and ear infection, with increased fluid in her left ear,” the letter continued.
“To help alleviate her symptoms, a myringotomy tube was placed in her left ear in January of 2016. After the tube was placed, Mrs. Clinton had significant improvement in her symptoms. Further follow-up evaluation with a CT scan of her brain and sinuses was done in March of 2016. This scan showed no abnormalities of the brain and mild chronic sinusitis. Her symptoms resolved and she continued symptom-free for the next six months,” it read.
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The additional medical information comes after Clinton was seen collapsing Sunday afternoon outside of a Sept. 11 memorial event in New York City. Her knees buckled and her aides had to help her into a van.
Her campaign said at first that she was merely overheated, and claimed after she disappeared for 90 minutes that she made a quick recovery and felt great. They then revealed she had been diagnosed with pneumonia days earlier.
“On Friday, September 2nd, I evaluated Mrs. Clinton for a 24-hour history of a low grade fever, congestion and fatigue. On examination, she was noted to have a temperature of 99.4; her vital signs were otherwise normal as was her physical exam,” Bardack wrote in her letter Wednesday.
“She was advised to rest, put on a short course of antibiotics and continued on her allergy medications for an upper respiratory tract infection in the setting of her seasonal allergies. Over the next several days as she traveled, her congestion worsened and she developed a cough. She was advised to see me when she returned from her travels for further testing,” the letter read.
Bardack wrote she diagnosed Clinton with “mild non-contagious bacterial pneumonia” last Friday.
The Democratic nominee agreed after the fainting episode to take some time off the campaign trail.
Clinton said Monday on social media that she felt much better, and her campaign said she would be back on the campaign trail by Thursday. Bill Clinton has been acting as a stand-in in the meantime.
Bardack’s letter concluded with the doctor noting Clinton is doing just fine, and that the Democratic nominee is expected to make a full recovery
“My overall impression is that Mrs. Clinton has remained healthy and has not developed new medical conditions this year other than a sinus and ear infection and her recently diagnosed pneumonia,” Bardack wrote.
