Kamala Harris has just released her medical records.
The Democratic presidential nominee is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” necessary to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter
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Harris medical exams ‘unremarkable’, doctor says
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Harris’s most recent physical exam was in April.
Dr Simmons, a US Army colonel and physician to the vice-president, categorised the visit as “unremarkable”, noting that her blood pressure and heart rate were within normal range.
Her cardiac exam, abdominal exam and skin exam were all “normal”, Dr Simmons said.
Dr Simmons notes that Harris has no personal history of diabetes, blood pressure, high cholesterol or cardiac disease.
She does have a family history “notable” for colon cancer on her mother’s side of the family, he said, adding that Harris was up to date on all preventative care recommendations, including a colonoscopy.
In the letter, written by Harris’s doctor Joshua Simmons, he says the vice-president has a history of seasonal allergies and urticaria (a common skin condition).
Simmons says her allergies have been “well managed” with over-the-counter drugs including nasal spray, eye drops and Allegra (an allergy pill), but that she no longer needs them as often after three years of allergen immunotherapy.
She never experienced “severe symptoms”, he says.
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Dr Simmons categorised Harris’s routine bloodwork, too, as “unremarkable”, including her blood counts, glucose, electrolytes, cholesterol panel and thyroid panel.
He noted that her Vitamin D was in the “insufficient range”, but said that the vice-president takes a vitamin D3 supplement.
Harris, 59, also “maintains a healthy, active lifestyle despite her busy schedule”, Dr Simmons said, including aerobic exercise and core strength training.
“She does not use tobacco products and drinks only occasionally and in moderation,” he said.
Kamala Harris, the report also said, “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” necessary to serve as president,
The Democratic presidential nominee hopes the letter will put pressure on her rival Donald Trump to release his own records
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