Trump's hand shows IV bruise

[Johnny2X2X]

He’s getting IV for something.

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[Grasswire2]

1. could be a blood draw.

Hematoma.

[Mossfern]

19. blood draws are

not typically done from the hand - usually the arm

[Maru Kitteh]

33. A draw on his hand is way more likely than an IV. Especially that guy.

Never shuts up and talks with his hands. He wouldn't sit still with an IV in his hand, it would end up being a total waste of time. They might have drawn from the hand because his AC was blown or something. Does look like he's on a blood thinner.

[Grasswire2]

37. I have little veins, and they roll.

A phlebotomist will take it wherever he/she can get it from me.

[Mossfern]

43. I do too

My veins are tiny, deep and roll.
Phlebotomist usually can find a spot on my arm - the only time I've had venipuncture on my hand is for IV.
I take Warfarin and a good technician can stick me without leaving a bruise. Usually if I'm having a procedure, the anesthesiologist is called in to insert the IV shunt. Interestingly, they try to avoid my hand.

I have had arrogant technicians who scoff at my warning and blow through my veins.

Ii must say though that I've learned to hydrate very well hours before the procedure and keep my arms covered and warm.
I think Trump is too arrogant to take these precautions.

[Gothmog]

44. Same here

[dmr]

36. I have a big bruise on my hand right now from a blood draw.

I was in the hospital last weekend. They needed blood and found a vein in my hand, and drew from there. It hurt, too, and it left me with a huge bruise.

It was the first time anyone ever drew from my hand, but IVs in one arm, and the other arm badly bruised, he decided to draw from the hand.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Probably for venom replenishment.

Fuck him. I hope it brings him down.

[malaise]

7. You owe me a new keyboard

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. No problem, Mexico will pay for it.

[malaise]

23. Now we have a problem

[Ms. Toad]

3. Could be, but not necessarily.

Could also be just a hand bang.

[still_one]

6. Yup, hitting the back of his hand against his forehead repeatedly

[Ms. Toad]

9. That's not how I usually get my hand bruises . . .

but sounds likely here.

[still_one]

25. My weak attempt at humor, but your assessment is probably right

[LizBeth]

38. Old skin reacts in an amazing way with the thin skin. Who knows. I had such a stretch of blood under

skin because a trash can lead fell back and scraped it.

[North Shore Chicago]

4. Please please please

He brings out the worst in me.

[tinrobot]

5. Maybe he's got a blood boy.

[ornotna]

16. Ha!

That's actually believable. Maybe why Barron is always frowning.

[GoCubsGo]

8. They're likely pumping him up with convalesent plasma.

It sucks that the best medical care available is being wasted on that fucking useless pile of rancid garbage, while millions suffer with little or none.

[Ms. Toad]

10. That thought did cross my mind.

I've got a friend who has donated . . . I hope it didn't end up in Trump.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Unfortunately, it probably did.

Along with antivirals that are in short supply for the rest of us, most likely. What a goddamn waste.

[murielm99]

41. I agree with your post.

Also, he may be on a blood thinner. My husband and I both take blood thinners. My husband must have thinner skin than I. He is always bruised from the blood thinners. I don't bruise nearly as much.

He may have had an IV inserted there, or a blood draw. I have gotten some wicked bruises from having blood drawn. Nurses are usually lousy at drawing blood. Phlebotomists do better.

I know we love to speculate about his health. He is so nasty, he may outlive us all.

[IggleDuer]

11. Plasma infusion?

NT

[Ms. Toad]

13. I'd forgotten about this similar photo

https://www.instagram.com/p/BseJdYRHlAt/?utm_source=ig_embed

[tanyev]

34. Interesting. Jan 2019 and visible bandage with blood stain.

Hmmm.

[Sogo]

14. COVID antibodies?

Or maybe that's where he takes in the bleach....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Could also be from taking blood thinners.

My dad's hands looked like that all the time from blood thinners, without any injections or infusions. The skin on the back of one's hands is quite thin, especially older people's, and it bruises very easily if they are taking those drugs.

[Goodheart]

18. I take blood thinners. My hands don't look like that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Not saying they affect everybody that way.

It's just a possible effect. My dad's hands looked exactly like that, maybe worse, and the doctor said it was a common result of taking some blood thinners like coumadin. https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/bruse

[Johnny2X2X]

30. My mother too

She’s pushing 78 and in and out of the hospital for one thing or another. Gets blood clots in her legs and takes blood thinners. Her hand looks just like that after a couple needle sticks.

[Ms. Toad]

45. It depended on what was going, for me.

Slight bangs leave massive bruises, and when I was on heparin (either IV or subcutaneous), needle sticks can cause massive bruising.

The bruising wasn't as bad once I transitioned to Coumadin.

[Goodheart]

17. Sheesh. Just looking at him makes me want to watch what I eat.

Overeating, as far as I'm concerned, is the best thing he's ever done in office!

[JI7]

21. He looks fucking gross.

[torius]

24. liver spot?

or the only part of him that’s NOT a liver spot?

[ramblin_dave]

26. People on steroids bruise easily

Maybe he has COPD or some other condition being treated with steroids?

[Ex Lurker]

29. Older people in general bruise easily

Maybe it's an IV, or maybe he just bumped into something.

[TreasonousBastard]

27. The mark of Cain?

[LeftInTX]

28. He forgot his agent orange

[lindysalsagal]

31. Dark makeup to cover the 6's.

[demmiblue]

32. Yeah, and Walter Reed is trending with absolutely no evidence.

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[Maru Kitteh]

35. HE FORGOT TO PUT HIS ORANGE ON!

Ugh - he really does look like an unhappy, pathetic, sick old man.

[Retrograde]

40. Bruises can take a long time to fade

especially with people with lighter skin tones. I had surgery in March, and the bruises from the IVs they used were visible until the end of May.

All the blood draws I've had were from the elbow. IMHO -and I am by means an expert - he got this during that mysterious visit to Walter Reed some time ago.

[global1]

39. I Wonder What His Lie Will Be When He's Asked About This Bruise?.....

You know some WH reporter will ask him about it. What is his story going to be as to why he has this bruise.

[Johnny2X2X]

42. A few days ago

Can’t swing his right arm, right leg is being dragged behind while his foot seems out of control. This is not how a healthy person walks.

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