Brandi Glanville.
Paul Archuleta/Getty ImagesBrandi Glanville She shared that parasites were the cause of her recent health problem.
“Honestly, I've had a lot of doctors and done a lot of tests…I've done lab work for $10,000.” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 52, said in an interview with Entertainment tonight Published on Tuesday 10 December. “I've done every test under the sun. And they were like, 'It could be a parasite.' This is, you know, new.”
Glanville explained that before the doctor assumed she might have the parasite, she experienced “swelling” and was “unable to speak.” When she sought treatment, some medical professionals thought the problem might have been due to her old facial fillers that were dissolving. However, Glanville mentioned that she hasn't done any fillers in a while and that the first one has already worn off.
“I've been on medication all this year. I don't socialize,” she told the outlet. “I don't go out and I just spend all my money trying to figure out what's wrong with me.”
Brandi Glanville threatened to take legal action against Bravo for allegedly causing her stress-related problems. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 51, took to social media on Tuesday, July 2, to share the news. “I had no choice but to sue Bravo,” she wrote via X. “This stress has destroyed my health. (…)
Glanville admitted she had already spent about “$70,000” trying to fix the problem. She added that the financial situation was “stressful” because she had been unable to work for the past two years due to her ongoing health problems.
While Glanville doesn't know exactly how she contracted the parasite, she believes it may have happened while she was in Morocco filming. The ultimate girls trip for The Real Housewives. (Glanville was accused of sexual harassment Carolyn Manzo While filming the series in 2023. She denied these accusations, but the season has not yet been shown.)
“We had food that we would sit on for hours on end and some of it was meat. In Morocco,” she claimed to the outlet and explained her Symptoms are starting to appear As soon as she returns home. “Six months after I came back from Morocco, I started having trouble speaking and slurring. It started in July and we're still here trying to figure it out.”
According to Glanville, she has a good idea where the parasite lives under her face. While she did not see the organism with her own eyes, she saw and felt it moving. If Glanville “messed with it” it would jump to a different area and it would look like “little bubbles popping” on her skin.
In addition to affecting her face, Glanville shared that the parasite also produces a lot of fluid that her lymph nodes can't drain properly.
When it comes to getting treatment, Glanville is open to surgery to remove the tumor but her doctors are opting for non-surgical methods first. Glanville admitted she was able to find temporary relief with antibiotics, which lasted about “five days.”
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“I wanted to get off (the medication) because it was costing $2,000 a week,” she said. “I did it for six weeks and it came back.”
Earlier this month, Glanville took to social media Give update In her health battle. She tweeted a selfie of her swollen face and revealed that doctors believe it may be caused by a parasite.
“What happened? I wish I had known I've been in and out of hospital over this year (sic) and a half I've spent almost every dollar trying to figure it out,” she wrote via “About the tension, I personally say it’s bravo.”
