Trump’s first medical evaluation: intermittent bleeding and hearing problems
Trump’s first medical evaluation: intermittent bleeding and hearing problems
2024-07-21 03:50
Shafaq News/ The former doctor of US presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a surprise about his injury, in the first public medical evaluation.
Ronny Jackson said the former US president was recovering as expected from a gunshot wound to his ear, but he noted intermittent bleeding and said Trump “may need a full hearing test” and that “the bullet’s path left a two-centimeter wound.”
Jackson, a Republican congressman from Texas who served in the military, noted that the bullet fired by a would-be assassin at a Trump rally on July 13 in Pennsylvania came “less than a quarter inch from entering his head” before striking the top of Trump’s right ear.
Five days after narrowly escaping assassination, Trump on Thursday accepted the Republican nomination for president in the Nov. 5 election.
Jackson, who provided what appeared to be the first public description by a medical professional of Trump’s injury, said in a message posted on social media on Saturday that “the bullet’s trajectory created a two-centimeter-wide wound that extended to the cartilaginous surface of Trump’s ear.”
“There was significant bleeding initially, followed by significant swelling of the entire upper ear area. The swelling has since gone down, and the wound is healing properly,” he wrote.
Jackson said he has been assessing and treating Trump’s wound daily since the shooting. He said no stitches were needed, but noted that “due to the vascular nature of the ear, there is still intermittent bleeding that requires a bandage to be held in place.”
“He will undergo further evaluations, including a comprehensive hearing screening as needed,” Jackson added.
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