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His aim is to serve into 2027. Wouldn't bet on it .. Mitch McConnell May Be Experiencing Small Seizures, Doctors Suggest
Two episodes, where the Republican senator froze and did not respond to some questions, may be symptoms of a serious illness, according to neurologists not involved in his medical care.
Senator Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for 30 seconds while responding to a question after an event in Covington, Ky., on Wednesday.
ABC Affiliate WCPO, via Reuters
By Benjamin Mueller
Sept. 1, 2023
A four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and released by Senator Mitch McConnell on Thursday, suggested that his recent spells of speechlessness were linked to “occasional lightheadedness” perhaps brought on by his recovery from a concussion last winter or “dehydration.”
But seven neurologists, relying on what they described as unusually revealing video of Mr. McConnell freezing up in public twice recently, said in interviews Thursday and Friday that the episodes captured in real time likely pointed to more serious medical problems afflicting the longtime Republican leader.
Some of the neurologists, while cautioning that they could not diagnose the minority leader from afar, said that the letter and other comments from Mr. McConnell’s office appeared to fall short of explaining why he abruptly stopped speaking during news conferences in late July and again on Wednesday.
“If I gave that tape to a medical student and that was his explanation, I’d fail him,” said Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a professor of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine...
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...neurologists agreed that suggestions that Mr. McConnell was merely lightheaded, while possible, were difficult to square with the video. Dehydration could exacerbate other conditions, they said, but such patients would be unlikely to stay upright or recover so quickly without fluids, as Mr. McConnell appeared to do.
“We don’t have 100 percent information, so we’re kind of in the dark,” Dr. Devinsky said. “But we do have this very powerful clinical information, which is quite honestly how I have to diagnose seizures and epilepsy all the time, often without the video.”
Benjamin Mueller is a health and science reporter. Previously, he covered the coronavirus pandemic
as a correspondent in London and the police in New York. More about Benjamin Mueller
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/health/mitch-mcconnell-health-seizures.html .
Two episodes, where the Republican senator froze and did not respond to some questions, may be symptoms of a serious illness, according to neurologists not involved in his medical care.
Senator Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for 30 seconds while responding to a question after an event in Covington, Ky., on Wednesday.
ABC Affiliate WCPO, via Reuters
By Benjamin Mueller
Sept. 1, 2023
A four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and released by Senator Mitch McConnell on Thursday, suggested that his recent spells of speechlessness were linked to “occasional lightheadedness” perhaps brought on by his recovery from a concussion last winter or “dehydration.”
But seven neurologists, relying on what they described as unusually revealing video of Mr. McConnell freezing up in public twice recently, said in interviews Thursday and Friday that the episodes captured in real time likely pointed to more serious medical problems afflicting the longtime Republican leader.
Some of the neurologists, while cautioning that they could not diagnose the minority leader from afar, said that the letter and other comments from Mr. McConnell’s office appeared to fall short of explaining why he abruptly stopped speaking during news conferences in late July and again on Wednesday.
“If I gave that tape to a medical student and that was his explanation, I’d fail him,” said Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a professor of neurology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine...
[...to end...]
...neurologists agreed that suggestions that Mr. McConnell was merely lightheaded, while possible, were difficult to square with the video. Dehydration could exacerbate other conditions, they said, but such patients would be unlikely to stay upright or recover so quickly without fluids, as Mr. McConnell appeared to do.
“We don’t have 100 percent information, so we’re kind of in the dark,” Dr. Devinsky said. “But we do have this very powerful clinical information, which is quite honestly how I have to diagnose seizures and epilepsy all the time, often without the video.”
Benjamin Mueller is a health and science reporter. Previously, he covered the coronavirus pandemic
as a correspondent in London and the police in New York. More about Benjamin Mueller
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/health/mitch-mcconnell-health-seizures.html .
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