Seven neurologists said that the episodes captured in real time likely pointed to more serious medical problems afflicting the longtime Republican leader.
A four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and released by Mitch McConnell, on Thursday, suggested that his recent spells of speechlessness were linked to “occasional lightheadedness” perhaps brought on by his recovery from a concussion last winter or “dehydration.”revealing video of McConnell freezing up in public twice
The neurologists said the episodes justified close medical attention and could prompt treatment to keep them from recurring. While several possibilities were suggested, including mini-strokes, doctors said the spells appeared most consistent with focal seizures, which are electrical surges in one region of the brain.
They can help form the basis of a diagnosis, as homemade videos of everyday patients occasionally do in standard neurology practices. That McConnell’s second spell so closely mirrored the first pointed even more strongly to a seizure, neurologists said. Some seizures are provoked by triggers like abnormal blood sugar levels. But if someone has had two seizures that cannot be explained in that way, neurologists said that would typically be enough for a diagnosis of epilepsy, a common neurological disorder affecting more than three million Americans that can arise at any age. They would generally prescribe anti-seizure medication.
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