CNN’s Jonathan Reiner Reveals ‘Hazard’ Of Trump’s Health Revelation | EUROtoday

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner on Friday stated President Donald Trump’s clarification of his aspirin use “makes no sense.”

Trump, 79, instructed The Wall Street Journal that he has a purpose for taking a excessive dose of the drug in opposition to the recommendation of his medical doctors and regardless of the seen bruising it’s brought on on his arms.

“I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart,” he instructed the newspaper. “Does that make sense?”

Reiner stated it doesn’t ― noting that blood thinners similar to aspirin don’t actually “thin” the blood, as Trump appears to suppose.

“It’s not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup,” he stated. “It doesn’t make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot.”

Reiner, who was a longtime heart specialist for the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, stated many sufferers have been as soon as given aspirin to stop coronary heart assaults, however that recommendation has modified through the years, particularly for folks over 70.

“Not only is there no benefit in terms of just primary prevention ― trying to prevent a cardiac event by giving them aspirin ― that there can be hazard,” he stated. “And the hazard can be bleeding, significant bleeding.”

Trump, he famous, instructed the Journal that he’s taking 325 mg of aspirin every day.

“But the dosage that we use for patients even with documented coronary artery disease is a quarter that, is 81 mg per day,” Reiner stated. “So why is the president taking an unorthodox dose of aspirin?”

Trump, he identified, has been steadily seen with bruises on his arms. He’s typically used bandages and concealer to cowl them up, as on this picture from December:

The White House has stated the bruising is because of each aspirin use and frequent handshaking.

However, The Wall Street Journal stated there have been “several instances” by which his hand has been lower, resulting in bleeding that has “alarmed” witnesses. One such incident occurred on the 2024 Republican National Convention when Pam Bondi ― future lawyer common ― high-fived Trump, nicking him with a hoop within the course of.

Trump within the WSJ interview dismissed it as a “slight little cut.”

The bruises, and use of concealer to cowl them, have grow to be a daily a part of his look. The president admitted that his medical doctors need him on the decrease dosage of 81 mg per day, however stated he’s ignoring that recommendation as a result of he’s “a little superstitious.”

That revelation baffled Reiner.

“If you were bruising a lot, and your doctor says you’re on too much aspirin, why wouldn’t you go down to the lower dose?” he puzzled. “It makes no sense to me.”

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