
06-21-2020, 03:09 PM
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I spoke to doctors and people close to Trump this week. We're right to worry about his health
Dr James Merikangas, a board-certified neurologist and clinical professor of neuropsychiatry, said he immediately noticed problems with Trump’s movements when he saw the video of the president descending a ramp
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices...-a9569531.html
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“My reaction to that was that he's got a problem with his balance and with his posture,” said Merikangas, who added that he has long noticed issues with how Trump carries himself during public appearances.
“You’ll notice that when the president sits in his chair, for instance, he doesn't lean back against the chair — he always is sort of crouching, leaning forward. With his legs spread apart, this abnormal posture is something you see in people who've got a neurologic problem, though I can't say specifically which,” Merikangas continued. “And his problem with balance with his gait is also something that happens with people who have some sort of degenerative brain problem usually in the frontal lobes of the brain… it certainly is suspicious, the way he was walking.”
While Merikangas declined to offer a specific diagnosis because doing so would require a physical examination and testing, he said that if Trump were a friend, family member or colleague, he would advise him to see a doctor and get an MRI or PET scan.
“Knowing a lot of neurologists and psychiatrists in my practice, I've had some of them who are perhaps a little older, come up to me and say, ‘Hey, Jim, if you start to notice, in me, signs of something, please let me know because I don't want to be out there treating patients if I'm impaired’,” he said.
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