Katie Price has revealed her mum Amy was hospitalised after having a health scare.
The former glamour model, 45, said she rushed her mother, 72, to Medway Hospital’s A&E where she was told by doctors she had a burst cyst.
Katie said her mother, who was diagnosed with the terminal lung disease Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2017, spent six hours in A&E before having an ultrasound scan and was later given the OK to be discharged.
‘Mum ended up at the hospital because she had a burst cyst from an ultrasound,’ Katie said on her podcast, The Katie Price show.
‘I had to take mum to A&E. The hospital were really good actually, we went to Medway hospital.
Katie Price has revealed her mother Amy was hospitalised after having a health scar
Katie continued: ‘Took mum up A&E because she had a burst cyst I think it was but she is all fine.’
‘She had an ultra-sound the other week and they burst it basically by accident. So we spent about six hours at A&E
Last year, Amy underwent a lung transplant. When Amy was diagnosed, medics told her she had a life expectancy of up to five years.
Giving an update on her health in November, she told the Daily Star: ‘It’s a slow process and it’s taken a while. I’ve had quite a few setbacks but that’s to be expected but I’m in the right direction.
‘The trouble is when you have a lung transplant it’s so easy to sit because you still get a bit breathless but if I don’t exercise, I won’t move forward.
‘I had a single lung transplant but it would cease up so I’ve got to exercise to get it working.’
Last year, Katie helped launch a hard-hitting campaign for Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month following her mum, Amy’s ‘devastating’ diagnosis.
The mother and daughter are now showing full support to the APF’s You Can’t See What’s Killing Me campaign.
She explained how the disease ‘robs people of breath and life’ as Katie stressed the importance of raising awareness as concerning data shows that it’s on the rise.
Amy was diagnosed with the lung condition Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis back in 2017 (pictured with her daughters Sophie and Katie)
Last year Amy underwent a lung transplant. Giving an update on her health in November, she said: ‘It’s a slow process and it’s taken a while. I’ve had quite a few setbacks’
The former glamour model explained: ‘Mum’s been amazing but it’s been devastating having pulmonary fibrosis – for her and the whole family.
‘When you say cancer everyone knows what it is but with pulmonary fibrosis nobody’s ever heard of it. That’s why I’m so passionate about more people knowing about it and supporting Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis and their campaign this September.’
Amy added: ‘I know what it’s like to live with pulmonary fibrosis – it’s a horrible disease that robs you of your breath and life. We need to grab people’s attention, so more people know what pulmonary fibrosis is.
‘Our GPs and nurses at the surgeries require more training so they can recognise the symptoms of pulmonary fibrosis and not confuse it with asthma and other lung diseases. That’s why I’m supporting Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis’s campaign’.
Treatments for IPF include drugs, breathing through an oxygen mask and a lung transplant in rare cases.
These slow the rate at which the condition gets worse but none can stop or reverse the scarring of the lungs.
The transplant should improve Amy’s quality of life and help her live longer, according to Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Just over half of people who have the transplant will live for five years after the procedure.
There are only around 150 to 200 lung transplants in the UK each year, which includes those living with pulmonary fibrosis and other lung conditions.
