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tRUMP's mind is rotting away fron Neural Syphilis from an untreated STD.

Trump is a notorious curb crawler.

This from 2017 when doctors first diagnosed him.

"Meanwhile, a debate is raging among mental health professionals about
TrumpAs mental state, and whether itAs unethical of them to speculate
publicly about someone whom they havenAt examined (doing so violates psychiatristsA code of ethics, the relevant section of which is called othe Goldwater ruleo because of its association with a magazine survey of psychiatrists about Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee,
in 1964). One online petition with nearly 24,000 signatures calls for
TrumpAs removal because he omanifests a serious mental illness that renders him psychologically incapable of competently discharging the duties of President.o Another with 36,000 signatures declares that oTrump appears
unable to control his compulsion and displays characteristics of all nine criteria to officially diagnose an individual with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.o

Physicians like me have also taken notice of TrumpAs bizarre, volatile behavior. Given our experience, we canAt help but wonder if thereAs a
medical diagnosis to be made. After all, many medical conditions exhibit
their first symptoms in the form of psychiatric issues and personality changes. One condition in particular is notable for doing so:
Neurosyphilis.









Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection, is sometimes referred to as
oThe Great Impostero because of its ability to mimic many other conditions.
It is commonly broken down into three stages. Primary syphilis is the most widely recognized form of the disease. It is characterized by the
development of an ulcer, usually genital, a few weeks to a few months after sexual contact with an infected person. If the ulcer is not noticed, or not treated, it heals on its own, and the disease enters a dormant phase. But during this time, the bacteriaua spirochete called Treponema
pallidumuspreads throughout the body without causing any symptoms.

A secondary stage of the disease is seen in some patients weeks or months later. These patients may develop a variety of systemic symptoms, such as rash, fever, and swollen glands. If not treated, the infection enters a prolonged latent phase, which can last decades. During this time, it is asymptomatic and it is not contagious. In some cases, this is followed by a tertiary stage, which is the most serious and may involve any organ in the body. It is seen 10 to 30 years after the initial infection, and is best
known for causing neurologic and neuropsychiatric disease: Neurosyphilis.

The symptoms of neurosyphilis are protean, varying widely from one
individual to another. Commonly recognized symptoms include irritability,
loss of ability to concentrate, delusional thinking, and grandiosity.
Memory, insight, and judgment can become impaired. Insomnia may occur.
Visual problems may develop, including the inability of pupils to react to
the light. This, along other ocular pathology, can result in photophobia, dimming of vision, and squinting. All of these things have been observed in Trump. Dementia, headaches, gait disturbances. and patchy hair loss can
also be seen in later stages of syphilis.

Does Trump suffer from this condition? I cannot, of course, establish this diagnosis from a distance. ThereAs a great deal of information I donAt have access to, which could be critical in reaching the correct conclusion. In TrumpAs case, there are many diagnostic possibilities, and we have very
little background information because the slim medical summary he released
was vague, unverifiable, and possibly outdated.

On the other hand, every time I see a new patient, he or she comes to me
with incomplete information, or sometimes no information at all. Part of my training is to ask the right questions to get a sense of what the problem might be and make a list of possible diagnoses that could explain the
problem. This is called the odifferential diagnosis.o From there,
additional questions, examinations, and tests are performed that narrow
down the list, usually to one unifying diagnosis.
Trump poses with Miss America contestants on his yacht in Atlantic City,
New Jersey, in 1988.
JACK KANTHAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Given the limited information available, neurosyphilis belongs in the differential diagnosis. We know Trump was potentially exposed to syphilis based on his own statements that he was sexually promiscuous in the 1980s,
a period when syphilis cases were rapidly increasing in the U.S. oIAve been
so lucky in terms of that whole world,o he told Howard Stern in 1997, referring to his dating life the decade prior. oIt is a dangerous world out thereuitAs scary, like Vietnam. Sort of like the Vietnam era. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave solider.o

If indeed Trump has neurosyphilis, heAd be in famous company. Al Capone had it. So did composers Frederick Delius and Franz Schubert. Many others were suspected of having it, including Hitler, Mussolini, and Ivan the Terrible. What might enable us to eliminate Trump from this group? Two simple blood tests, in combination, can determine whether a patient has syphilis now or
had it in the past. If both tests are negative, then he doesnAt have neurosyphilis. If one or both tests are positive, further evaluation,
probably including a spinal tap, would be in order.

The importanceuboth to Trump and the nationuof establishing or ruling out
this diagnosis cannot be overstated, because this infection is treatable. Without treatment, however, the disease is progressive: It can make for a rather ugly end to oneAs life. Whether Trump emerged unscathed from his opersonal Vietnamo is now a question that he should explore with his
personal physician."


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