Loose Women’s star gives an update to health after “crashing” at home due to sepsis – Irvine Times

The 55-year-old was diagnosed with “severe pneumonia, acute kidney damage and sepsis” after a week of symptoms, including sweating, “raging” fever and chest pain.

Opening for the test in her latest underbully newsletter, ITV’s presenter also found that she had lost “80% capacity” in one of her lungs to “severe pneumonia and infection”.

Andrea explained: “In December, I was one of the thousands who came down with the flu.

“Like many people, I suck it, thinking it would pass in a week or more.”

But after a week of “sweating and shaking, with a raging temperature and chills” and “chest and back pain”, Andrea “collapsed” in her bathroom and “lying there for an hour” before being found by her husband.

She added: “We called the GP who told us to call 999 right away.

“The ambulance team was incredible. My blood pressure was so low that I couldn’t stand it and experienced a lot of pain. To be honest, I was hardly aware of what was happening besides trying to be useful. Our bedroom is in the attic, up a steep, narrow pillar, which meant that the stretcher could not turn so that it was a challenge. In the end, we left the house and now I can say with confidence that traveling in the back of the ambulance is not as fun as you think it would be.

“I can’t remember much about A&E, except it was thorough. Questions, scanned, many needles and probably the most painless placement of a catheter ever tested.

“Then my X -rays and CT came back. I had severe pneumonia, acute kidney damage and sepsis. Things happened quickly; Drops, super strong antibiotics in IV and orally, and I was transferred to the emergency assessment department. ”

Andrea McLean says “Life isn’t going back to normal”

Andrea said she spent “two days and nights there [in the hospital] In almost constant pain, with sensory screaming with screams. ”

But the former GMTV presenter revealed that she was in a position to go home to sleep, but had to return to the hospital during the day for treatment.

Andrea shared: “I could go home to sleep, but I had to go back every day for my drops, for next week, so I would finish the strong course of antibiotics and continued my rehydration. I also had to test blood every day and more scans, so I would be in hospital for hours during time, but I could go home. ”

Andrea for the first time became a malaise in December (Image: James Manning/Pa) However, she admitted, although five weeks have passed, “my life is not yet” back to normal, “as I thought it would be.”

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Glasgow -born star continued: “Now it’s February and I’m not yet well enough to handle normal things like getting up and to rush through the door to do the work I was reserved on because every part of this process I would end up with the fact that I fell, or the lowest I was sitting on the floor of the pipe station, feeling very bad and embarrassed by the eyes. I still have “funny turns” while I am on a walk or try the least exercise.

“It means I haven’t started still 2025.”

Andrea commented: “Life stopped for a while, but that’s all. I’m not better yet, but I will be and I can’t do this to happen faster than the time it will take. ”