This photo of Mitch McConnell's hands from yesterday

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[dchill]

1. Mr. I. V. Poke.

[Mossfern]

27. That's what it looks like to me

except there's a band-aid on his left thumb (I think) which doesn't make sense.

[58Sunliner]

40. Maybe they had to drain fluid so the skin wouldn't rupture.

[onethatcares]

2. I'll wait for the medical folks to

tell us what that means. Hell, I've been banging nails for 45 years and my hands look way better than that. Is it circulation related?

[Hugin]

7. I'm guessing he's on some serious blood thinners.

My older relatives lower arms & legs look sort of like that. Only not nearly as extreme, even at their worst.

I will note they are on average 15 years older than the terrapin.

[vlyons]

9. Circulation was my first thought

nt

[Hugin]

3. Damn, that's not good at all.

On top of the fact his left hand is puffy and bandaged like he's had an IV.

[Auggie]

4. Thin-skinned? Easily bruised? WTF?

[True Blue American]

12. I know one

Family member older than me has places like that all over, but have never seen hands that bad.

[bronxiteforever]

5. K&R. It's an AP Photo so real. What the heck???

[luvs2sing]

6. Nonexistent circulation?

Massive bruising? Subcutaneous bleeding? 🤢

[MineralMan]

8. IV infiltration in that hand.

COVID-19?

[AnotherMother4Peace]

21. Yes - At his age, he's most likely on blood thinners. Blood draws & IVs will cause this effect.

I'm not a doctor, but have seen this effect in my mom & dad & relatives. And now that I'm a woman of a "certain age", am cautious of these side effects for myself, hubby, & siblings.

[MineralMan]

22. Yup. I've seen it too in elders in my family

who have had IVs. Looks to me like both hands. There's a bandaid on his left hand, too, and a wound closure strip on his right.

They had to switch hands for the IV, it looks like to me. Remdesivir, perhaps, which is administered through an IV. So are the monoclonal antibodies Trump received.

That's my guess.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

28. Gotta agree. It certainly appears to be hospital procedures on both his hands/forearms.

[snort]

10. Caused by climbing into trumps ass.

[yellowcanine]

11. Dead man walking.

Not good at all.

[LakeArenal]

13. Holy snyckies.

[Statistical]

14. It is what happens to the body when you have surgery ...

to remove the soul.

[betsuni]

15. "He probably forgot to wash them after digging himself out of his grave."

[docgee]

34. DUZY winner right there!

[docgee]

35. DUZY winner right there!

[jcgoldie]

16. wtf?

Picking blackberries or possessed by a purple demon.

[Mike 03]

17. Mold grows well on cold, clammy surfaces.

[montanacowboy]

18. Band Aids on both hands

from IV infusions I would guess

[DesertRat]

19. Wow k&r

[Sherman A1]

20. Wow

That doesn't look good at all.

[Silent3]

23. Looks like Dumbledore's hand after messing with that horcrux...

...but in this case, I'd guess that McConnell was making one for himself, and it backfired.

[electric_blue68]

37. Heh! Was thinking something like that, too.

[Wellstone ruled]

25. Wow,that is some massive

bruising. He is one sick dude. Appears he is having Body Circulation and Heart problem issues.

[marble falls]

26. Blood thinners.

[Mossfern]

32. I've been taking Warfarin (rat poison)

for twenty six years and I've never had that reaction.
The only time I got a bad hematoma is when a tech blew through my vein - but never that bad!

[Lucinda]

29. ...

[Vinca]

30. Maybe his exterior is rotting before our eyes. The insides are already gone.

[dalton99a]

31. Just in time for Halloween

[pandr32]

33. If his hands look like that what about his arms?

And what about the rest of him? This is not a picture of a healthy man.

[58Sunliner]

36. His hands are puffy as well-inflammation and edema.

[Skraxx]

38. Undead?

[ChicagoRonin]

39. I just remembered a story on COVID side effects in certain people

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-mysterious-blood-clots-covid-latest.html

[tanyev]

41. Petrification?

[meadowlander]

42. "Your feeble vote is no match for the powers of the dark side..."

[pacalo]

43. Send him over to Dr. Atlas.

[CrispyQ]

44. They lie to us about the seriousness of this disease while they receive gold standard treatment,

all the while working to take our healthcare & rights away. I will pop a cork on a bottle of bubbly the day this evil fucker passes.

[Laelth]

45. That's blood clotting from COVID-19, I suspect.

It usually appears first on the lower legs, but then it can spread to the feet, the lower arms, and the hands. It’s a widely-recognized symptom of the disease. The swelling is also typical.



-Laelth

[flotsam]

46. That looks horrible

But if you drop it into a photo editing program and lighten the photo, drop the color saturation and sharpen you get to something that strikes me as much closer to the truth-the right hand shows some evidence of blood thinner bleeding and a couple of oddly placed bandages. But as presented they look manipulated to the point they look like a close up from the "Walking Dead"...

[scipan]

47. Covid toes and fingers?

https://images.app.goo.gl/8CzdtMqZn4h3vo1n7

https://images.app.goo.gl/th5Ve7X61v7MbTL99

[SharonAnn]

48. Blood thinner medication, subcutaneous bleeding, and IV