Leg Swelling

ChileG said:
Yeah, you should have voted for her if she was such an issue for you.
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I mean, being not old doesn't automatically make you a quality presidential candidate!

Plus, this may all work out any way. She weird and awkward, Trump is a terrible person. She's not president and he may not be soon either. Win-win.
 
ZenMode said:
If we stop electing people who are almost dead, this (Biden/Trump) health stuff would stop happening.
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Maybe the second worse result .although by some lengths behind the affect on SCOTUS, of the 2016 election.
 
I don't know what's wrong with St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago's legs. But I would not give a penny's worth of credibility to anything St. Donald or his lackeys say. St. Donald and his lackeys lie even when telling the truth would serve them better, just stay in practice. About 17 years ago, when my ankles swelled up as large as my calf, I was in deep, deep trouble.
 
Given his age and travel/work schedule, this doesn’t seem too bad.

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uncleradar said:
Lower extremity edema is not unusual in the elderly. It can be fairly benign. My question is why is he taking aspirin if his cardiac studies are normal. Current thinking is that aspirin should only be taken prophylacticly in patients with documented heart disease.
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Could be long covid. But, agree that cardiac disease is the likelier explanation in setting of the man’s diet and morbid obesity.
 
uncleradar said:
Lower extremity edema is not unusual in the elderly. It can be fairly benign. My question is why is he taking aspirin if his cardiac studies are normal. Current thinking is that aspirin should only be taken prophylacticly in patients with documented heart disease.
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Two words: compression socks.
 
Icky Mettle said:
I started taking amlodopine about 3 years ago for my blood pressure. About a year ago, I upped my dose. Several months ago, I noticed substantial swelling in my ankles and feet. I learned that it is a common side effect of amlodipine due to water retention and gravity. My doctor also believed that was the case and switched my meds a couple months ago. I haven’t had ankle/feet swelling since.
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Whenever a patient comes to me with edema the first thing I check is whether they are on amlodipine or other calcium channel blocker.
 
Healing said:
Could be long covid. But, agree that cardiac disease is the likelier explanation in setting of the man’s diet and morbid obesity.
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Probably so. The risk of gastric bleeding with low dose aspirin increases exponentially between 70 and 80.

The risk of bleeding from low dose aspirin is a lot lower in Bill Burr's "drop dead years."
 
uncgriff said:
Venous insufficiency is most definitely not heart failure or necessarily anything sinister. The valves in the leg veins fail to function properly and swelling occurs as the day goes on and gravity pulls every molecule of water towards the center of the earth. Compression stocking and elevation are the treatment.

Assuming that is the correct diagnosis this is not a serious condition.
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Hikers know. Camino walkers know... you have to lie on your back with your legs straight up in the air against a wall. Allow everything in the lower extremities to balance out. It's not serious but can be uncomfortable. Fuck him. I hope every step he takes is a new level in uncomfortableness.
 
Centerpiece said:
Hikers know. Camino walkers know... you have to lie on your back with your legs straight up in the air against a wall. Allow everything in the lower extremities to balance out. It's not serious but can be uncomfortable. Fuck him. I hope every step he takes is a new level in uncomfortableness.
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If the problem persists he will probably get one of those chairs nobility use to travel in with servants carrying it. Judy get part of his Secret Service detachment to carry him.
 
Patb78 said:
If the problem persists he will probably get one of those chairs nobility use to travel in with servants carrying it. Judy get part of his Secret Service detachment to carry him.
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Is sedan chair golf a thing?
 
finesse said:
Is sedan chair golf a thing?
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Not that I’m aware of. But I wouldn’t put anything past Trump. Now that I think about it, he could have beautiful girls walking before the chair throwing rose pedals in the path of the chair. He could steal a gold crown from somewhere and hang that gold medal he stole around his neck.
 
uncleradar said:
Lower extremity edema is not unusual in the elderly. It can be fairly benign. My question is why is he taking aspirin if his cardiac studies are normal. Current thinking is that aspirin should only be taken prophylacticly in patients with documented heart disease.
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I took a low dose aspirin daily for years, because that’s what they recommended for 50+ year old men back then. About 7-8 years ago, my doctor told me it was no longer recommended for people with no heart disease so I should stop taking aspirin since the downside was worse than the benefit unless you had heart problems. I’m sure the President gets more attentive health care than I ever have, so I would think your question about “why is he taking aspirin if his cardiac studies are normal” is very valid.
 
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