{"id":21789,"date":"2023-09-05T13:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/mitch-mcconnells-recent-episodes-werent-strokes-or-seizures-capitol-doc-says-drugs-com-mednews\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T20:59:22","slug":"mitch-mcconnells-recent-episodes-werent-strokes-or-seizures-capitol-doc-says-drugs-com-mednews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/mitch-mcconnells-recent-episodes-werent-strokes-or-seizures-capitol-doc-says-drugs-com-mednews\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell’s Recent Episodes Weren’t Strokes or Seizures, Capitol Doc Says – Drugs.com MedNews","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter<!—-><\/p>\n

TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 — The two “freezing” episodes that Sen. Mitch McConnell<\/a> experienced recently weren’t strokes or seizures<\/a>, the Capitol physician said in a new letter released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy examination of you following your August 30, 2023, brief episode included several medical evaluations: brain MRI imaging, EEG study and consultations with several neurologists for a comprehensive neurology assessment. There is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke<\/a>, TIA<\/a> [transient ischemic attack] or movement disorder such as Parkinson\u2019s disease. There are no changes recommended in treatment protocols as you continue recovery from your March 2023 fall,\u201d wrote Dr. Brian Monahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Monahan had already cleared McConnell for work after the Senate Republican Leader froze for the second time in a month during a briefing last Wednesday in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Monahan said in that earlier statement<\/a> that he had talked with McConnell and his neurology team, and that McConnell can continue his work schedule.<\/p>\n

McConnell, 81, was injured in March when he fell at a dinner event at a Washington, D.C. hotel. The senator had a concussion and a broken rib.<\/p>\n

On two separate occasions since then, McConnell has frozen while speaking publicly, including for about 30 seconds on Wednesday, the Associated Press<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

He was \u201cmomentarily lightheaded,\u201d McConnell\u2019s office told the AP.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOccasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration,\u201d Monahan noted.<\/p>\n

McConnell has revealed little about his health, but was known to have called his deputies in leadership after the Wednesday incident, the AP<\/em> reported. His health has visibly declined in recent months.<\/p>\n

Some Republican senators have concerns about McConnell\u2019s health and whether he will run for reelection in 2026, the AP<\/em> reported. Most Republican senators have been publicly supportive of McConnell.<\/p>\n

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