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Increased Health Battle for King Charles after revealed update
King Charles’ health battles reportedly goes in full as he encounters enlarged prostate, ‘sausage fingers’ and lost voice.
As King Charles III prepares undergo a ‘corrective procedure’ to treat a benign prostate condition, we take a look at his health woes, from his enlarge prostate, to his ‘sausage fingers’
The King wanted to publicly share details of his diagnosis in a bid to encourage other men to get any symptoms checked out. It follows news that Kate Middleton is recovering in hospital following abdominal surgery, and won’t be returning to Royal duties until after Easter.
As King Charles, 75, prepares for treatment, we take a look at his health woes, from his swollen ‘sausage fingers’ to his grisly Polo injuries.
In the BBC documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year, which aired Boxing Day, viewers were amused to see King Charles laughing about his swollen ‘sausage fingers’ during a conversation with son Prince William. While closing a clasp that held a robe around his father, remarking, “On the day, that’s not going to go in”, to which Charles jokingly replied: “No, you haven’t got sausage fingers like mine.”
Shedding some light on why exactly Charles’ fingers appear to be so swollen, GP Chun Tang, Medical Director at Pall Mall Medical in Manchester told Daily Mail: “Often puffy fingers are a symptom of water retention which can be caused by numerous health conditions. This condition arises due to inflammation and can be a result of arthritis, multiple bacterial infections or even TB. Other possibilities include high salt levels, allergic reactions, medicinal side effects, injury and autoimmune disease.”
The technical term for ‘sausage fingers’ is dactylitis, which refers to severe swelling that affects a person’s fingers and toes.
According to a study published in medical journal Rheumatology, Dactylitis occurs in 30 per cent to 40 per cent of patients with psoriatic arthritis.