Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta both weighed in on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellā€™s (R-KY) latest freezing incident on Wednesday and suggested what the underlying health issue could be.

On Fox Newsā€™ The Special Report with Bret Baier following the incident, Siegel noted that while he hadnā€™t examined McConnell, his best guess ā€œwould be Parkinsonā€™s disease because that, in its later stages, can give you a freeze.ā€

Gupta also raised the possibility of Parkinsonā€™s disease during an appearance on CNNā€™s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.

ā€œThereā€™s a long list of possibilities here. I think what we saw was pretty concerning. I think most people could see that,ā€ Gupta said. ā€œIt was similar to what we saw in July where there was this freezing. Itā€™s the freezing of the speech, itā€™s the freezing of the body, itā€™s the tight sort of grasping of the side of the lectern.ā€

He continued, ā€œHis face even has this mask-like feature to it. So thereā€™s a lot of things that are going on there.ā€

Gupta argued that while McConnell could have suffered from a seizure or something similar, ā€œIt could be something like when somebody comes off of their medications for things like Parkinsonā€™s. When the medication start to wear off, they may start to have freezing episodes as well.ā€

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    1 year ago

    But you know, McConnell v2 may not be the breath of fresh air you think it will beā€¦unless you like farts. Then, it may indeed be the breath of fresh air you are expecting.