{"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 \u00a9 2023 HealthDay. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Posted September 2023<\/p>\n Whatever your topic of interest, subscribe to our newsletters<\/a> to get the best of Drugs.com in your inbox.<\/p>\n By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter<!—-> TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 — The two “freezing” episodes that Sen. Mitch McConnell experienced recently weren’t strokes or seizures, the Capitol physician said in a new letter released Tuesday. \u201cMy examination of you following your August 30, 2023, brief episode included several medical evaluations: brain MRI imaging, EEG study and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":2,"featured_media":21792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"acf":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21791,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21789\/revisions\/21791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platohealth.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sources<\/h2>\n
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