King Charles III was on Friday admitted to a London hospital for scheduled surgery, Buckingham Palace said, a week after revealing the British monarch would be treated for an enlarged prostate.
“The king was this morning admitted to a London hospital for scheduled treatment,” the palace added, noting that he thanked “all those who have sent their good wishes over the past week”.
King Charles III is set to undergo surgery today to treat an enlarged prostate, after which he will take a short break from his Royal engagements.
Buckingham Palace said today that the King has been admitted to hospital for treatment on his enlarged prostate.
Charles, 75, was seen entering The London Clinic in London on Friday morning with the Queen at his side.
It is the same hospital where the Princess of Wales is recovering after undergoing successful abdominal surgery last week and it is understood the King has visited her.
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.
‘Sausage fingers’
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.
A keen polo player in his youth, King Charles clocked up several painful sporting injuries, as per the Associated Press, including breaking his right arm in two places after tumbling from his horse in 1990. The then-prince, who was left with a scar after his painful fall, was also struck in the throat on another occasion, resulting in the loss of his voice for 10 days.
In 1998, Charles fell off a horse again, this time while hunting, which resulted in a cracked rib. Charles, who stopped playing polo in 2005 after 40 years in the game, fell off a horse during another polo match in 2001, this time knocking himself unconscious.