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Reporters who normally accompany the president quoted an informed source on Saturday as saying that the president’s readings over the past 24 hours had been “very disturbing.” The next 48 hours are crucial.
“We are not yet on a clear path to a full recovery,” he said. Trump himself wrote on Twitter Saturday that he felt good.
The 74-year-old president of the United States was airlifted to Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington, on Friday night, we reported. The White House spoke of an injunction on the recommendation of doctors. Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, said at the hospital Saturday: “The president is very well this morning.”
Sean Conley (right) and other attending physicians briefed the public on Trump’s health
Drawing: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (APA / AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)
The first seven to ten days are the most important in determining the further course of the disease. “At this time, the team and I are very happy with the progress the president has made.”
Breathing problems and low oxygen levels.
Conley dodged the repeated question of whether Trump had not received extra oxygen during the course of the infection. This is not the case currently, he said. The “New York Times” reported, citing two sources close to the White House, that Trump had respiratory problems on Friday and that his oxygen levels had dropped. That prompted doctors to give him extra oxygen and transfer him to Walter Reed Hospital.
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Conley said Trump had a fever Friday night but has been fever-free for 24 hours. Conley declined to give any information about the height of the fever. She said Trump suffered from a mild cough, a stuffy nose and fatigue. These symptoms improved. Dr. Sean Dooley said Trump said that morning that he felt like he could leave the hospital. That was “very encouraging.”
A hard blow for many Americans: the president of the USA has been infected with the corona virus
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Trump praised the nurses and doctors who treated him. “With your help, I feel fine,” he wrote on Twitter from the hospital on Saturday. In the last six months, a lot of progress has been made in the fight against the coronavirus.
Conley had already announced Saturday night that Trump was being treated with the drug remdesivir. The doctor said on Saturday that the treatment is currently scheduled for five days. If this is necessary, Trump is likely to remain in the hospital as a patient during this time. This is checked every day. Conley declined to give a date for Trump to be released from the hospital.
Doctors view Remdesivir, which was originally developed to treat Ebola, not as a panacea for Covid 19 disease, but it is often helpful. According to the manufacturer, it can significantly reduce the risk of death if the disease is severe.
The EU Medicines Agency (EMA) is now examining the active ingredient more closely due to possible kidney complications. Some patients are said to have had acute kidney problems, the authority said.
Confusion about timing of diagnosis
Conley said he recommended that Trump be taken to Walter Reed Hospital so he could be monitored and treated according to the most modern standards. The confusion was caused by the fact that Conley spoke of a diagnosis 72 hours ago on Saturday lunchtime. Elsewhere, she said the positive test result was available Friday night. Then the public was also informed. Trump met with supporters Thursday in New Jersey.
The first lady recovers at home
Conley said that first lady Melania Trump, who was also infected, is doing very well. There are no signs of hospital treatment and she is recovering at home.
With coronavirus infections, according to studies, the risk of serious illness between the ages of 50 and 60 steadily increases with age. Pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are other risk factors. Once a year a medical check-up is published on Trump’s general condition. Personal physician Conley wrote in the latest report in early June that the president was healthy.
