Re: Best summary of Bush's case so far

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Welcome to our world, Mr. Bush. Hope you find your stay in the chronic ward pleasant. You better, I have a feeling you're going to be here a very long time. pennya Carnes <pj7@...> wrote: Annual Exam Gives Bush Good Marks

for Health By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Published: August 9, 2007 Though President Bush has had episodes of mild vertigo in recent weeks, they have not interfered with his work, and he is in excellent health, the White House said yesterday in releasing findings from his annual medical checkup. Related President Bush's Physical Exam and Medical History (findlaw.com) The bouts of unsteadiness, which were reported as having improved, began after Mr. Bush had a viral infection in June at the Group of 8 meeting in Germany, the White House said. Such dizziness often

follows viral infections, usually of the upper respiratory tract, and can last a few weeks. The symptoms may be continuous or intermittent. Mr. Bush has sinusitis and has recovered from serous otitis media, an ear infection, in the last few days, his doctors said. The medical report said Mr. Bush, 61, was treated last August for a skin rash over his left shin attributed to Lyme disease. The White House did not disclose the diagnosis last August because Lyme disease had not interfered with Mr. Bush's duties, as when he temporarily turned over the powers of the presidency to Vice President Dick

Cheney when he had a colonoscopy in July. Mr. Bush's doctors described him as "fit for duty," a standard military phrase. M. Stanzel, a White House spokesman, likened Mr. Bush's episodes of imbalance to the feeling that can occur in someone who has just gotten off a boat. "The president goes for lengthy bike rides on narrow

trails in the woods and does not have any problems with his balance," Mr. Stanzel said. Mr. Bush rearranged his schedule at the Group of 8 meeting because he had a head cold and was not feeling well. The periods of unsteadiness began after that, Mr. Stanzel said. The doctors attributed the unsteadiness to mild vestibular neuronitis in the president's left ear. The serous otitis media was in the right ear and was first detected last Friday, but has since cleared up. The sinusitis involved the right maxillary sinus. The findings are consistent with viral illnesses that can be followed by periods of unsteadiness for several weeks, said Dr. G. , the chief of ear, nose and throat medicine at NewYork- Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital. Untreated Lyme disease can lead to nerve damage, often involving the eighth cranial nerve, the same one affected by vestibular

neuronitis. But Mr. Bush's doctors said they did not believe the Lyme infection was linked to his vestibular neuronitis because the skin lesion had not recurred. The White House doctors evaluated Mr. Bush for Meniere's disease, another inner ear ailment that can produce vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears. But the doctors ruled out Meniere's disease because Mr. Bush did not have some key signs and symptoms, the White House official said without disclosing what they were. Dr. J. Tubb, physician to the president, and Dr. of Dallas oversaw 11 other doctors who examined Mr. Bush in sessions starting July 17. Mr. Bush weighed 192 pounds, 4 pounds less than last year, a change he attributed to "less birthday cake."

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Wow, Lymn disease. One would hope that this would lead

to more credibility given to Lm Disease.

Marie

--- a Carnes <pj7@...> wrote:

>

>

> Annual Exam Gives Bush Good Marks for Health

>

> By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN

> Published: August 9, 2007

>

> Though President Bush has had episodes of mild

> vertigo in recent

> weeks, they have not interfered with his work, and

> he is in

> excellent health, the White House said yesterday in

> releasing

> findings from his annual medical checkup.

>

> Related

> President Bush's Physical Exam and Medical History

> (findlaw.com)

>

> The bouts of unsteadiness, which were reported as

> having improved,

> began after Mr. Bush had a viral infection in June

> at the Group of 8

>

> meeting in Germany, the White House said. Such

> dizziness often

> follows viral infections, usually of the upper

> respiratory tract,

> and

> can last a few weeks. The symptoms may be

> continuous or

> intermittent.

>

> Mr. Bush has sinusitis and has recovered from

> serous otitis media,

> an ear infection, in the last few days, his doctors

> said. The

> medical

> report said Mr. Bush, 61, was treated last August

> for a skin rash

> over his left shin attributed to Lyme disease.

>

> The White House did not disclose the diagnosis last

> August because

> Lyme disease had not interfered with Mr. Bush's

> duties, as when he

> temporarily turned over the powers of the

> presidency to Vice

> President Dick Cheney when he had a colonoscopy in

> July. Mr. Bush's

> doctors described him as " fit for duty, " a standard

> military phrase.

>

> M. Stanzel, a White House spokesman, likened

> Mr. Bush's

> episodes of imbalance to the feeling that can occur

> in someone who

> has just gotten off a boat.

>

> " The president goes for lengthy bike rides on

> narrow trails in the

> woods and does not have any problems with his

> balance, " Mr. Stanzel

> said.

>

> Mr. Bush rearranged his schedule at the Group of 8

> meeting because

> he had a head cold and was not feeling well. The

> periods of

> unsteadiness

> began after that, Mr. Stanzel said.

>

> The doctors attributed the unsteadiness to mild

> vestibular

> neuronitis in the president's left ear. The serous

> otitis media was

> in the right

> ear and was first detected last Friday, but has

> since cleared up.

> The sinusitis involved the right maxillary sinus.

>

> The findings are consistent with viral illnesses

> that can be

> followed by periods of unsteadiness for several

> weeks, said Dr.

> G.

> , the chief of ear, nose and throat medicine

> at NewYork-

> Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital. Untreated Lyme

> disease can lead

>

> to nerve damage, often involving the eighth cranial

> nerve, the same

> one affected by vestibular neuronitis.

>

> But Mr. Bush's doctors said they did not believe

> the Lyme infection

> was linked to his vestibular

> neuronitis because the skin lesion had not

> recurred.

>

> The White House doctors evaluated Mr. Bush for

> Meniere's disease,

> another inner ear ailment that can produce vertigo,

> hearing loss and

>

> ringing in the ears. But the doctors ruled out

> Meniere's disease

> because Mr. Bush did not have some key signs and

> symptoms, the White

>

> House official said without disclosing what they

> were.

>

> Dr. J. Tubb, physician to the president,

> and Dr.

> of Dallas oversaw 11 other doctors who

> examined Mr. Bush in

> sessions starting July 17.

>

> Mr. Bush weighed 192 pounds, 4 pounds less than

> last year, a change

> he attributed to " less birthday cake. "

>

>

>

>