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The Star
12 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Christina Applegate hospitalised with kidney infection: 'So much pain'
The 'Married…With Children' alum first started feeling unwell while visiting family in Europe. Photo: Handout Actress Christina Applegate is in the hospital fighting an agonisingly painful, double kidney infection with intravenous antibiotics, she revealed Tuesday (Aug 5). The Married…With Children alum first started feeling unwell while visiting family in Europe, she said on Tuesday's edition of the podcast MeSsy , which she co-hosts with fellow actress and MS sufferer Jamie-Lynn Sigler, broadcasting from the hospital. While on the plane home, she said she decided to go straight to the hospital from the airport. Applegate, who revealed her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2021, jokingly calls the hospital her 'pied-a-terre,' given her frequent visits. Normally, she said on MeSsy , doctors give her meds and send her home. This time, Applegate demanded to be admitted. 'I'm staying here because I want answers,' Applegate said she told hospital personnel. 'I want every test that you can possibly think of or ones that you haven't even thought of, and I want them done.' Doctors at first suspected a urinary tract infection, and on a previous hospital visit had even gone so far as to quiz Applegate on her wiping technique, double-checking that she went front to back. 'Like, what am I, back-wiping?' Applegate said on the podcast. 'Like, seriously, I'm 53.' The Dead To Me actress said she was painfully validated when she awoke with excruciating pain radiating from her right side – and thought her appendix was bursting. 'So much pain,' Applegate said. 'I'm screaming, and they ordered me an emergency CT at 2 in the morning.' That revealed an infection in her right kidney that later spread to her left side as well. Now, rather than trying to send her home, the hospital 'won't let me leave yet – because things are messy,' Applegate said. 'Because of this kidney infection, I have to have intravenous antibiotics right now. And that's where we're at.' Sigler noted that if Applegate hadn't advocated for herself, 'this could have been so much worse.' Applegate assured listeners she's going to be ok, even while admitting she was 'holding in a bag o' tears right now.' – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Christina Applegate hospitalized with kidney infection: 'They're thinking that it could be something else'
The "Dead to Me" actress recorded a new episode of her podcast on location. Christina Applegate is on the mend at home after spending a week in the hospital. The Dead to Me actress said Tuesday evening in a statement to Entertainment Weekly that she was home after being treated for kidney infection, noting, "I was there seven days." The update came after Applegate explained on Tuesday's edition of the MeSsy podcast, which she cohosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, that she was recording from a hospital in Los Angeles. She said she was unsure of exactly what was going on, other than that she had a kidney infection, but she assured listeners that she would recover. "I didn't, by the way, people out there, I'm not doing a podcast from the hospital because I felt like doing one from the hospital was an awesome idea," Applegate said. "We just happen to have this scheduled and they won't let me leave yet because things are, things are messy, but I'm going to be OK. How am I? I'm, right now, I'm waiting till, at 1 o'clock, I get medicines to feel better. So that's how I'm doing right now." Applegate revealed in August 2021 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier in the year. In March, the Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead actress said on the podcast that she had ended up in the hospital "upwards of 30 times" due to "throwing up and diarrhea and pain" just three years after diagnosis, although she had been told by a doctor that it was "not an MS thing." She was admitted to the hospital this time, she said, following a trip to visit family in Europe. Applegate was "not feeling good" and struggling with stomach pain the entire trip, but it wasn't until she returned Stateside that she checked in. "We flew back on our 11-hour flight, and I wasn't feeling good. And I was really afraid to go back home and get to the point where I was so bad that like at 3 in the morning, my poor friend has to drive me, and it's a Saturday night and it's going to be horrible. So, I was like, ''I'm going to go and I'm not leaving there until I have some f---ing answers! Like, I'm done. Think outside the box. Don't just leave me there, give me meds, and say, 'You feel better now. You're going home.' I want to know why this is happening, and I want it to stop so that I don't have to keep coming here." The next day, Applegate said, she began "getting a pain that I've never felt before on my right side in my back." She panicked and thought her appendix might be bursting. "Well, it also was radiating in the back," she continued. "So, I hate this word, but the whole flank — I'm going to say it just cause it's the worst f---ing word. Flank from my back to my front is in so much pain. I'm like screaming. And they ordered me an emergency CT at 2 o'clock in the morning. I went in and got a CT. And I had kidney infections." At one point, doctors thought Applegate might have a urinary tract infection, an idea that the actress joked about having "the cleanest vagina." She's "a clean girl down yonder," she of the kidney infection, she said, she was being treated with antibiotics via an IV. There weren't the answers that had hoped for yet. "That's where we're at," Applegate said. "And now they're thinking that it could be something else, and I don't want to say what they think, because I don't want it to sound scary, but I'm just going to be here." Sigler, who also has MS, said she was so sorry to hear Applegate's story. The Emmy winner admitted that it wasn't always easy to deal with and she sometimes breaks into tears, which she was holding back as she said it. "I sometimes fall into the nurse's arms like a freako," Applegate said. "Just like crying." In her statement to EW on Tuesday, Applegate added, "As far as my ongoing stomach thing, it's a work in progress." Listen to Applegate and Sigler's full conversation above. [This article has been updated with a statement from Applegate.] Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly Solve the daily Crossword
The Hill
5 days ago
- Health
- The Hill
Christina Applegate hospitalized amid kidney infection: ‘Pain that I've never felt before'
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Actress Christina Applegate has revealed that she was recently hospitalized with an infection that spread to both kidneys. The 'Married… with Children' and 'Dead to Me' star, who is battling multiple sclerosis, shared the news in the Aug. 5 episode of her 'MeSsy' podcast, which she recorded from a hospital in Los Angeles. Applegate told co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler ('The Sopranos') that she began to feel something was wrong during a trip to see family in Europe. 'I was not feeling good the whole time I was there,' Applegate said. The actress said she decided to check herself into a hospital after her return flight on Saturday. 'I'm gonna go, and I'm not leaving there until I have some f—ing answers,' she said she recalled thinking. The day after checking in, however, she 'started getting pain that I've never felt before,' which began 'radiating' from her front right side to her back. 'I'm like screaming,' Applegate said of the 'excruciating' pain. 'And they ordered me an emergency CT … and I have kidney infections.' She said her doctors also suspect the issue may stem from 'something else,' but Applegate didn't reveal what they told her, 'because I don't want it to sound scary,' she said. At the time the podcast was recorded, Applegate wasn't sure what caused the kidney infection. She has returned home since recording the podcast, the actress told USA Today this week. Applegate revealed in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic, inflammatory condition of the central nervous system affecting nearly 1 million people in the U.S. It affects the brain and spinal cord, slowing down or blocking communications between the brain and body. Most people are diagnosed from ages 20 to 50, and the cause is unknown, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Christina Applegate Hospitalized for Kidney Infection That Caused 'So Much Pain, I'm Screaming'
The actress shared that she's on IV antibiotics to treat an infection in her right kidney that since has spread to her leftNEED TO KNOW Christina Applegate shared that she's been hospitalized for an infection that's spread to both kidneys amid her ongoing struggle with multiple sclerosis Applegate said doctors intially wondered if she had a urinary tract infection and questioned her wiping technique Jokes aside, she admitted that she was a 'bag o'tears' and turned to the nurses for comfortChristina Applegate has been hospitalized for a kidney infection, which has since spread to both kidneys, causing her to be hospitalized with "so much pain" she said she's "screaming." The Married... With Children alum, 53, recorded the Tuesday, Aug. 5, episode of MeSsy, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, from an L.A. hospital as she struggled with severe pain that made her feel like her appendix was bursting. While in Europe visiting family, Applegate said she began to feel unwell. On the flight back, however, she decided to go straight to the hospital, explaining she didn't want to wake up at 3 a.m. and need to run to the emergency room. 'I'm like, I wanna be admitted,' Applegate said, sharing her frustration with treatment during her multiple sclerosis struggle. She continued, 'I'm staying here because I want answers. I want every test that you can possibly think of or ones that you haven't even thought of, and I want them done.' The next day, she said, she woke up with an extreme pain on her right side. 'Of course, my brain's like, 'Oh, my appendix is bursting,' " Applegate recalled. The pain, she shared, was 'radiating' from the back to her front: 'So much pain. I'm screaming, and they ordered me an emergency CT at 2 in the morning,' she said, explaining that the scan showed she had a kidney infection — which has since spread to her left kidney as well. 'I'm just gonna be here,' she said, referring to her hospital stay and explaining, 'Because of this kidney infection, I have to have intravenous antibiotics right now. And that's where we're at.' The Dead to Me actress shared that doctors thought her condition could be a urinary tract infection, and questioned her wiping technique. 'Like, what am I back-wiping? Like, seriously, I'm 53,' she said, explaining that at a previous visit to the hospital, she'd been asked if she was wiping from front to back, as is recommended by doctors. Applegate said she has 'the cleanest vagina … I'm a clean girl down yonder.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. While she was making jokes, Applegate admitted, "I'm holding in a bag o' tears right now." She added, "I sometimes fall into the nurse's arms like a freako, just like crying.' PEOPLE has reached out to Christina Applegate's reps for a statement and will update accordingly. Read the original article on People
USA Today
6 days ago
- Health
- USA Today
Christina Applegate hospitalized with kidney infection
Christina Applegate is sharing an update from the hospital amid a new health challenge. The "Dead to Me" star, 53, revealed on the latest episode of her "MeSsy" podcast, released on Aug. 5, that she was hospitalized with a kidney infection. Applegate, who also has multiple sclerosis, recorded the podcast while still in the hospital. "I'm holding in (a) bag o' tears right now," she said. "Just (a) bag o' tears. I sometimes fall into the nurse's arms like a freako, just crying." USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Applegate for more information. Applegate said she went to the hospital after feeling unwell on a recent trip to Europe. She soon began experiencing "a pain that I've never felt before on my right side," which was so intense that she "was screaming," she said. After an emergency CT scan, Applegate was diagnosed with a kidney infection. "I'm here because of this kidney infection, and I have to have intravenous antibiotics right now," she said. "That's where we're at. Now they're thinking it could be something else, and I don't want to say what they think because I don't want it to sound scary." Christina Applegate says MS symptoms landed her in hospital over 30 times Applegate was recording the episode on a Wednesday after going to the hospital the previous Saturday. She told listeners, "They won't let me leave yet because things are messy. But I'm going to be OK." The "Married… with Children" actress has been open about her health struggles in recent years and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021. She hosts the "MeSsy" podcast with fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also has MS. Christina Applegate gets emotional about MS battle: 'Worst thing I've ever gone through' According to the Mayo Clinic, multiple sclerosis is a disease that "causes breakdown of the protective covering of nerves" and can cause numbness, weakness, difficulty walking and changes in vision. There is no cure for MS. In a March podcast episode, Applegate revealed she has been in the hospital "upward of 30 times" since being diagnosed with MS. She said she has been dealing with "throwing up and diarrhea and pain" and struggles to use the bathroom without vomiting. While she noted her medical team told her that this is not typically an "MS thing," Applegate argued that "there's got to be a correlation here." During her most recent hospital visit, Applegate asked doctors to perform "every test you can possibly think of" and decided she was "not leaving" until she had answers about her symptoms, she said on the Aug. 5 episode. "I want to know why this is happening, and I want it to stop," she said. The Emmy winner previously opened up about the toll of her MS battle in a May appearance on the "Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend" podcast. "I don't really leave the house anymore," she said. "If people saw what my life is like on the daily, they wouldn't be able to do it, because I can sometimes not do it. It's really, really hard." Applegate added: "This is the worst thing I've ever had in my life. This is the worst thing I've ever gone through. I'm going to start crying." Contributing: Anna Kaufman
