a new bruise on Donald Trump’s left hand has drawn attention of the media during the presentation ceremony of the “Peace Board” for Gaza held this Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Given the presence of this bruise, which covers a good part of the back of Trump’s hand in a purple tone, one of the journalists who follows the American president’s activities asked him about his state of health during the way back to Washington aboard Air Force One. An issue that Trump associated with a hit against a table and his habitual consumption of aspirin.
“I’m fine. I hit a table and put some cream on it. I’d say take aspirin if you care about your heart, but Don’t take it if you don’t want to get a small bruise.. “I take large aspirin (…) the doctor told me that it’s not necessary, that I’m very healthy, but I’m not at any risk,” responded the American president.
However, although Trump and other voices in the North American Administration, such as the press secretary, Caroline Leavitthave taken the weight off the appearance of these frequent bruises, rumors about his state of health have not stopped spreading. The White House recently released a report highlighting the “excellent health” of the president, who will turn 80 in June. Furthermore, this report explained that the Republican suffers from “chronic venous insufficiency“. A condition where the veins in the legs do not effectively pump blood back to the heart, causing, among many other reasons, changes in the skin.
“Thick blood”
It is not the first time that the president has been asked about this type of bruises. In fact, since his return to the White House, these have been recurring despite his attempts to cover them with makeup. At the beginning of this year ‘The Wall Street Journal’ published an interview in which he addressed this same issue and where Trump acknowledged the habitual use of aspirin. “out of superstition”.
Specifically, as his doctor, Sean Barbabella, has previously explained, Trump consumes 325 milligrams of aspirin daily as “cardiac prevention”. Four times more than the standard low dose of 81 milligrams.
“They say that aspirin is good for thinning the blood and I don’t want thick blood passing through my heart (…). I want good, diluted blood passing through my heart. Does that make sense?” he explained to ‘The Wall Street Journal’. “I take the big (dose), but I’ve done it for years and what happens is it causes bruising.“Trump stated.
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