Dr. Deb Cohen-Jones, originally from Perth, Australia, assured that the photos of the hands of Queen Elizabeth II while posing with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, were a sign of deteriorating health.
“There seems to be evidence of peripheral vascular disease. It is a blood circulation disorder that causes blood vessels outside the heart and brain to narrow, block or spasm,” he told FEMAIL. cardiac. If your peripheral circulation is that poor, your organs aren’t getting a good blood supply. It may be a sign of multi-organ failure.”
Some of the symptoms include intermittent pain, which may present as muscle cramps or fatigue, “coldness” of the affected body part, numbness and tingling. The late queen’s hands were “mottled,” which occurs when the heart can no longer pump blood effectively.
Blood pressure slowly drops and blood flow throughout the body slows, causing extremities to start feeling cool to the touch, Crossroads Hospice reported. Sadly, Dr. Deb confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II “would have been in a lot of pain” if she suffered from the chronic illness because she “looks pretty serious.”
So it was probably her strong disposition and willingness to complete the royal engagement that made her look radiant to Liz Truss last Tuesday.
“The slightly stooped appearance would have been her age and more than likely osteoporosis,” said Dr. Deb.
The queen used the aid of a cane to welcome Liz Truss to an audience at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become prime minister. The historic hearing was the first time the 96-year-old monarch, who had faced ongoing mobility problems, had held at her Aberdeenshire retreat, rather than Buckingham Palace.
It was also the first time she had been photographed since she was seen arriving at the property on July 21 for her summer vacation. The queen had been suffering from sporadic mobility problems since last fall, and only last week the decision was made to ask incoming and outgoing prime ministers to make the thousand-mile round trip to see her.
The gathering took place in Balmoral’s green drawing room, which has matching sofas, a leaf-patterned fabric chair, a fireplace and several old equine-themed paintings on the walls. The queen normally spent the months of August and September at her Highland retreat, where she was joined by other members of the family at various stages.
Prince William and Kate, and their children Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, are among those who came to see her at the estate this year.
ABC