Teddi Mellencamp revealed that she recently had a “terrible rash” all over her body and ended up in the emergency room.
During a recent chat on her Two T’s in a Pod podcast, which she co-hosts with Tamara Judge, the reality star shared a recent update on her health amid her battle with cancer.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum revealed that she had to rush to a medical center after waking up with a severe and painful rash that caused “sores” around her eyes, in her mouth and all over her body.
“I thought I had the flu,” Teddi said. “And then one day I woke up and my whole body was covered in this horrible rash. You can’t even tell it’s a rash because it almost looks like sores all over my body.”
The blisters, Teddi said, “hurt and burned.”
The 44-year-old TV personality hoped the condition was an allergic reaction, but to her surprise the doctor urged her to seek emergency care.
At the medical center, Teddi was told she had a new medication that caused Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which “is a rare serious condition of the skin and mucous membranes. It is usually a reaction to medications that begins with flu-like symptoms, followed by a painful rash that spreads and causes blisters,” according to Mayo Clinic.
It is pertinent to mention that Teddi is already undergoing her stage four cancer treatment. Although her doctor previously told her she has “no trace of cancer,” she is still receiving immunotherapy as a stage four patient.
For the “sores” that “just” appeared all over her body, even in her mouth and that she “couldn’t swallow,” Teddi was treated with steroid injections and antibiotics after being admitted to the hospital.
