WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will undergo a medical checkup at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, Oct. 10, in what will be the 79-year-old president's second exam at Walter Reed this year.
His visit to the doctor comes after Trump was diagnosed in July with chronic venous insufficiency that has resulted in visible swelling in his lower legs near his ankles.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will also participate in a “planned meeting” with troops at the facility and deliver remarks to them.
“While there, President Trump will stop by for his annual routine check-in,” Leavitt said in a statement, adding that he might travel later in the day to the Middle East, where he hopes to broker a peace deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
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Trump's most recent physical visit to Walter Reed was on April 11. Capt. Sean Barbabella, a U.S. Navy physician, said in a report released after the exam that the president is in excellent health and that his history of high cholesterol is “well controlled.”
Trump was later diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, which occurs when veins in the legs have trouble sending blood back to the heart. It often occurs in people in their 70s. At 79 years old, Trump is the second-oldest person to serve as president of the United States and the oldest to begin a term as president.
Barbabella described chronic venous insufficiency as “benign and common” in a July 17 presidential health memo.
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According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 150,000 new patients are diagnosed with the condition each year. An estimated 10% to 35% have chronic venous insufficiency in the United States.
Trump also suffered bruising to his right hand, which Barbabella said in his report were “consistent with mild soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking” and his use of aspirin as a standard cardiovascular prevention regimen. He said Trump “is in excellent health.”
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