As Biden battles COVID, some health issues of past US presidents were kept hidden from public
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As President Biden, who is 79, recovers from a diagnosis of COVID-19, some Americans may wonder about other illnesses suffered by previous U.S. presidents. Here is a sampling.
Biden's ambulatory gait "is perceptibly stiffer and less fluid than it was a year or so ago." Common symptoms of Addison's disease include fatigue, weight loss and abdominal pain; yet a hallmark symptom is hyperpigmentation on sun-exposed areas of the skin. He thought the stress of politics weakened his immune system, which made him "a victim of infantile paralysis" in adulthood, per the FDR Library. The American Stroke Association encourages people to think "F.A.S.T." when they recognize symptoms of a stroke.
The president recently said during a speech that he has "cancer and … for the longest time, Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the nation."
That comment sparked enormous confusion and discussion.