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As the presidential election nears -- with conscionable 21 days to spell -- questions are swirling astir the candidates' health.
Over the weekend, the White House released aesculapian records for Vice President Kamala Harris, with her doc describing her arsenic being successful "excellent health."
Meanwhile, erstwhile President Donald Trump has yet to merchandise his aesculapian records contempt promising galore times to bash so. Trump antecedently released the results of a carnal exam and memos connected his wellness from his idiosyncratic physicians.
Here's what we cognize and don't cognize astir Harris' and Trump's wellness histories.
Harris releases aesculapian records, Trump has not
On Saturday, the White House released a summary of Harris' wellness presumption and aesculapian past written by her physician, Dr. Joshua Simmons.
He said Harris has a past of seasonal allergies, with the astir communal symptoms being rhinitis and conjunctivitis, and urticaria, besides known arsenic hives. Simmons listed astatine slightest 3 over-the-counter and medicine medications Harris uses to dainty her symptoms, which person ne'er been "severe."
Simmons elaborate Harris' astir caller carnal exam, which was successful April 2024. He said the results were "unremarkable." The doc besides said helium recovered her regular bloodwork was "unremarkable," though helium noted that her Vitamin D levels were "in the insufficient range."
Simmons besides noted that the vice president has a household past of colon crab -- her parent died from colon crab successful 2009 -- but nary idiosyncratic past of different conditions including diabetes, precocious humor pressure, cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, neurological disorders, crab oregon osteoporosis.
Additionally, Harris was noted to person mild nearsightedness, for which she wears interaction lenses. Simmons said she tin work comfortably without contacts oregon glasses.
Trump, meanwhile, released the astir broad results of a carnal exam backmost successful January 2018, conducted by Congressman and White House doc Dr. Ronny Jackson. During the physical, Trump was described arsenic having precocious cholesterol, a precocious assemblage wide scale and rosacea, a chronic tegument information that causes flushing oregon redness successful the face.
At the time, the erstwhile president was said to beryllium taking a cause to little cholesterol, an aspirin regular to forestall bosom illness and a medicine for male-pattern hairsbreadth loss.
In 2019 and 2020, Trump released records that reported his cholesterin levels, assemblage wide scale and prescriptions.
In November 2023, Trump released a missive from his idiosyncratic doc stating helium was successful "excellent health." The physician, Dr. Bruce Aronwald, stated that Trump's value had travel down, his laboratory investigation was "favorable" and his cognitive exams were "exceptional," though helium did not merchandise specifics.
In July, pursuing the assassination effort connected Trump's beingness astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump released 2 memos from Jackson detailing his betterment aft a slug grazed his ear.
Questions stay astir Trump's existent health
The authorities of Harris' wellness was not known anterior to the merchandise of her aesculapian records but fewer questions were near unanswered aft the report.
Because Trump hasn't released much elaborate aesculapian records since his archetypal carnal arsenic president successful 2018, it is unclear if helium presently suffers from immoderate seasonal allergies oregon if helium has immoderate household past of aesculapian conditions. It is known that his father, Fred Trump, was diagnosed with dementia successful the 1990s.
In an August interrogation with CBS News, Trump said helium would merchandise his aesculapian records to the public, but has yet to bash so. He said helium is not suffering from immoderate aesculapian conditions.
On Monday, much than 200 wellness attraction professionals signed an unfastened missive calling connected Trump to merchandise his aesculapian records.
When asked if Trump would merchandise his aesculapian records, the run directed ABC News to a property merchandise published implicit the play that included links to the November 2023 and July 2024 memos.
Trump run communications manager Steven Cheung aboriginal sent an updated statement, praising Trump's carnal endurance.
"President Trump has much vigor and much stamina than anyone successful authorities and is the smartest person this state has ever seen," the connection read, successful part. "He does aggregate nationalist events each azygous time and the nationalist tin spot helium is sharper and much focused than ever earlier due to the fact that the aboriginal of America is astatine stake."
ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Michelle Stoddart contributed to this report.
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