RFK Jr. consulted with neurologists in 2010 after experiencing cognitive points.
Could 8 2024, Revealed 3:30 p.m. ET
Controversial impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed a worm “received into my mind” and “ate a portion of it” earlier than dying, RadarOnline.com has discovered.
Kennedy revealed in a 2012 deposition associated to his divorce that mind scans revealed a “darkish spot” that was initially believed to be a tumor earlier than a second opinion instructed it was really a “lifeless parasite.”
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Kennedy revealed a health care provider’s principle a few ‘darkish spot’ present in his mind in 2012 deposition.
On Wednesday, The New York Instances‘ Susanne Craig reported Kennedy consulted a number of prime neurologists in 2010 after he started experiencing “reminiscence loss and psychological fogginess.”
Kennedy was involved by his signs given his late uncle, Ted Kennedy, died of a mind most cancers in 2009.
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On the time Kennedy was experiencing ‘reminiscence loss and psychological fogginess.’
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After assembly with medical doctors, Kennedy underwent a mind scan. A number of physicians — a lot of whom both handled or spoke along with his late uncle — seen an uncommon “darkish spot” in Kennedy’s scans, which they believed was a tumor.
Kennedy was scheduled to endure an operation at Duke College Medical Heart by the identical physician who operated on his uncle; nevertheless, whereas getting ready for the journey, he was contacted by one other physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who had a much more weird clarification for the “darkish spot.”
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Kennedy was scheduled to endure surgical procedure earlier than receiving one other opinion a few doable ‘parasite’ in his mind.
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“The physician believed that the abnormality seen on his scans ‘was attributable to a worm that received into my mind and ate a portion of it after which died,'” Kennedy defined in his 2012 divorce deposition.
Across the identical time that he discovered of the doable parasite in his mind, Kennedy was additionally recognized with mercury poisoning, which was probably contracted from consuming an excessive amount of fish containing excessive ranges of mercury.
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Kennedy stated he is since recovered from his cognitive points and the parasite required no therapy.
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“I’ve cognitive issues, clearly,” Kennedy stated on the time. “I’ve short-term reminiscence loss, and I’ve longer-term reminiscence loss that impacts me.”
Kennedy informed the outlet that he is since recovered from his cognitive points and the parasite required no further therapy.
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When his marketing campaign was requested whether or not his well being points would impede his capability to behave as president, marketing campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear scoffed on the notion, “That could be a hilarious suggestion, given the competitors.”
Whereas Kennedy has introduced himself as bodily match, he has a historical past of significant well being issues along with the alleged parasite. The impartial candidate has battled atrial fibrillation for many years.
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Atrial fibrillation is a standard heartbeat abnormality that will increase the danger of stroke or coronary heart failure. Kennedy has been hospitalized on at the very least 4 events associated to the situation, although he informed the outlet in 2023 that he believed the situation disappeared as he claimed he hadn’t skilled an episode in over a decade.