Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office disclosed on Thursday details about her health condition, as she returned to the Senate after a nearly three-month-long absence due to shingles.
Feinstein (D-Calif.), 89, was suffering from shingles virus this year that led to the emergence of two complications, Ramsay Hunt syndrome and encephalitis. Ramsay Hunt syndrome can lead to partial facial paralysis.
Previously, the senator’s office had only disclosed that she was suffering from complications from the virus.
Feinstein returned to the Senate on May 10, after questions regarding her health and calls for her resignation from the Democratic side.
Feinstein said on May 10 after her return to Washington that she would work a lighter schedule and that she was experiencing some side effects of her illness, which included vision and balance impairments….