Doctor worried after the pictures of astronaut Suni Williams

The astronauts returned after nine months in space.

Now doctors are worried by the pictures of Suni Williams.

They particularly point out a detail.

Butch Wilmore, 62, and Suni Williams, 59, were sent to the International Space Station on June 5. The idea was that they would stay for eight days, but technical problems with Boeing’s new spaceship Starliner made them strand.

Only on Tuesday, after more than nine months, the two Americans were back on earth. They were evacuated together with two other astronauts in a space capsule from Elon Musk’s Space X.

Both Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams smiled at the cameras and thumbed up before being rolled away on stretcher, heavily affected by the long time in weightlessness.

“Rarely used in space”

Later in the evening, Nasa published new pictures from a hangar at the Johnson Space Center where they were seen on their legs and was welcomed home by the ground staff.

Doctor that the Daily Mail talked to It is surprised that they could go for their own machine so quickly – but also point out a worrying detail in the pictures. They note that Suni William’s left wrist is both clearly tapered and has a catheter for intravenous drip.

“Her visibly thin wrists can be a sign of pre -enriched muscles, especially in the forearms that are used more rarely in space,” says Olakan Otulana, general practitioner at the rehabilitation clinic Cassioburt Court in England, to the newspaper.

– The hose is likely to restore the fluid and salt balance. It is very important after a long space trip to prevent dizziness and facilitate circulation in the earth’s gravity.

The doctor and weightlifting expert John Jaquish adds that Suni Williams looks to have lost weight and may have developed osteoporosis.

– Without gravity, digestion does not work as well. It certainly contributes to losing muscle and bone density. When the stomach is up and down, the food does not move as effectively through the intestines so they have to eat less and wait longer, he tells the Daily Mail.

The expert: “Not surprised”

The American lung physician and Air Force veteran Vinay Gupta points out that disappeared muscles are natural for astronauts that have been space.

– People don’t understand, I think, you need gravity to train your muscles. Without gravity, the muscles have no resistance, he says.

According to Vinay Gupta, women are also easier to develop osteoporosis as their skeleton is easier and that the levels of estrogen and other protective hormones decrease after menopause.

– I’m not surprised that we see her have some problems. Women tend to suffer more often than men.

“Very affected”

Lisa Westerberg, professor of experimental immunology at the Karolinska Institute, has researched how man is affected by being in space.

– I certainly think they are very happy and euphoric about being back. But their bodies will be very affected, she tells TT.

Lisa Westerberg points out another specific danger: Latent virus is activated when the body’s so-called T cells do not work optimally. The hypothesis is that weightlessness means that they cannot move normally.

– About 50 percent of astronauts have increased infections, both when they are in space and when they come down, she says, referring to a classic interview with a sniffy Neil Armstrongfocloseneil Armstrong first man on the moon (along with Buzz Aldrin). From 1969.