Top Secret: The Hidden Illnesses of US Presidents

There health of the president of UNITED STATES Joe Biden has positioned himself as one of the most talked about subjects during his term .

This is because of The 81-year-old politician is in the presidential race to win his second term. to the White House.

So if he managed to win the November election against his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, I would give power to the 86 .

Concerns about Biden increased even more after the first debate 2024 presidential election.

On this occasion, He made a series of mistakes in his speech and showed difficulty during his interrogation. to Trump when he made claims that turned out to be false.

After this episode, different voices from the Democratic Party They suggested that a change be made to the candidate in their sector .

However, Biden insisted he has no plans to retire of the competition.

Faced with those who have constantly affirmed that he would not have the capacity to carry out a possible second term, from the White House They filed a medical report in February 2024 .

This document specified that he received medical treatment of basal cell carcinoma (removed), obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease and gait stiffness .

However, the president’s official physician, Kevin C. O’Connor, assured that Biden was a “healthy, active and robust man at 81 years old” .

“He remains fit to successfully exercise the functions of the presidency,” he stressed, adding that there were “no findings consistent with a cerebellar or central neurological disorder” .

But Biden He is not the only president against whom doubts have been cast. on your health.

Below you will find different cases in which presidents have been affected in this area .

In some of them, measures were even taken to hide their illnesses. according to the information retrieved by Deutsche Welle .

During his presidential term, more precisely in the fall of 2020, Donald Trump has been accused of waiting several days before publicly revealing that he had tested positive for Covid-19. .

This was later confirmed by his then chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who said that in addition to the contagion, he was dealing with hypoxia.

President Kennedy He only remained in power for a year because he was the victim of an assassination attempt. gunman who took his own life in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.

Before winning the presidential election, By the late 1940s he had been diagnosed with Addison’s disease and suffered from chronic pain. on his back as a result of a war injury.

But the He has vehemently denied rumours about his health. during his 1960 election campaign.

It seems he has been in the presidency for eight years because of was re-elected to the post .

During his first period, In 1955 he suffered a heart attack. Less than a year later he had to undergo surgery intestinal obstruction.

Although the press officer revealed that he had faced an episode that affected his health, this It was described as a “mild” coronary thrombosis. according to the aforementioned media.

Then Eisenhower suffered a ventricular aneurysm the real extent of which has not been specified either.

After serving his second term, He suffered several heart attacks and a stroke, until his death in 1969 from causes related to diagnoses of hypertension and heart disease. .

According to the aforementioned media, President Roosevelt, who won four consecutive presidential elections, hid hypertensive heart disease, heart failure and acute bronchitis during his political career.

A more visible condition was polio, which required him to use braces and crutches .

The re-elected president faced a stroke that left him partially paralyzed in 1919 as claimed.

In the same way, In 1896 he suffered a stroke which left him with weakness in one hand and later suffered another. What This affected his vision.

At an organized gathering In 1912 he was shot dead with a gun, which was reportedly deflected by objects in the breast pocket of his jacket. like a 50-page copy of the words he was going to speak.

Even though the bullet was embedded, Roosevelt chose to deliver his speech before consulting a doctor.

He died seven years later from health problems. . It is presumed that following a pulmonary embolism, as detailed in an article available in the National Library of Medicine the United States.

He decided to have surgery in secret after developing a cancerous lesion in his mouth. .

In surgery too Two teeth were knocked out and it was later claimed he had to have dental work. urgently. No further details were given at this time, according to Deutsche Welle.

After the said episode He had speech and hearing problems while it was later announced that he died of gastrointestinal illness complicated by heart disease, a diagnosis that was also not initially made public.

Although this has never been confirmed, It was speculated that he might have suffered from Marfan syndrome an inherited disease that affects connective tissue, the fibers that support and hold organs and other structures in the body together, as explained by Mayo Clinic .

Also He was said to be suffering from depression . However, he died in 1865, the victim of murder.