{"id":1934189,"date":"2023-05-19T12:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:47:49","slug":"dianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Feinstein had a bad flu."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Dianne Feinstein Downplays Serious Health Complications<\/h2>\n<p>Despite reports of serious complications during her battle with shingles, Senator Dianne Feinstein is downplaying her health issues. The 89-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">recently told reporters<\/a> that she had a &#8220;really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-cuomo-may-be-in-trouble-melissa-derosa-is-his-assistant-who-outed-him-and-her-mother-in-law-audrey-strauss-is-head-of-the-dojs-sdny\/\" title=\"Governor Cuomo May Be In Trouble \u2013 Melissa DeRosa Is His Assistant Who Outed Him and Her Mother-in-Law, Audrey Strauss, Is Head of the DOJ\u2019s SDNY\">bad flu<\/a>,&#8221; despite reports of encephalitis, a rare but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu\/\" title=\"Feinstein had a bad flu.\">potentially debilitating complication<\/a> of shingles.<\/p>\n<h3>Health Battle and Absence<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein&#8217;s health battle and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plight-of-the-pioneers\/\" title=\"Plight of the Pioneers\">months-long absence<\/a> from the Senate have led some in her party to call for her resignation. However, others have come to her defense, including Rep. Anna Eshoo, who described Feinstein as the &#8220;same serious-minded, determined Dianne.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Long-Term Effects<\/h3>\n<p>The complications from Feinstein&#8217;s battle with shingles may affect her ability to return to work. Post-shingles encephalitis can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-five-medications-might-be-making-you-jittery\/\" title=\"These Five Medications Might Be Making You Jittery\">leave patients<\/a> with lasting memory or language problems, sleep disorders, bouts of confusion, mood disorders, headaches, and difficulties walking.<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein seemed to forget about her prolonged absence when asked by reporters, stating that she had been present and voting. However, her health issues may have a significant impact on her ability to continue serving in the Senate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports suggest Feinstein suffered from vision and balance impairments from Ramsay Hunt syndrome.<\/li>\n<li>Some in her party have called for her resignation, including Reps. Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein&#8217;s health battle and absence have been a topic of concern and discussion among politicians and the public alike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite her downplaying of the situation, it remains to be seen how Feinstein&#8217;s health will impact her ability to continue serving in the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Dianne Feinstein downplayed her battle with shingles, despite suffering from worse complications than previously disclosed. The 89-year-old referred to it as a &#8220;really bad flu&#8221; when asked by reporters about her experience with encephalitis, a more severe complication of the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1934190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[7086,9094,13008],"class_list":["post-1934189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-bad","tag-feinstein","tag-flu"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/dianne-feinstein-says-she-just-had-a-bad-flu\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}