According to reports, Danniella Westbrook is in intensive care and is suffering from a sinus infection. Doctors are worried about her brain.
The former EastEnders star, 47, was rushed to hospital on Thursday when she took to Instagram to share an image of ambulances outside a hospital in Liverpool.
Now that we know the extent of her illness, it is possible that the infection could “track back to her brain”.
Nasty infection: Danniella Westbrook, 47, is reportedly ‘really poorly’ in intensive care and doctors are fearing for her brain after a sinus infection
According to The Sun, a source said that Daniella is very sick. After antibiotics for a sinus infection failed, she ended up in ICU.
Experts were concerned that her brain could be affected by infected mucus, but she is being treated in hospital and is now doing well.
MailOnline reached out for comment to a representative from Danniella.
Traumatic: Former EastEnders star was rushed into hospital on Thursday after she shared an image of ambulances outside a Liverpool hospital with her Instagram followers
Her hospitalization comes after she made a vow to turn her life around after years of drug abuse, including relapsing to ‘cocaine’ and champagne earlier this year.
Danniella kept the news cryptic for her followers. She shared the same image twice showing the hospital’s front.
In her second post, she added the word “Liverpool” to the top.
The actress’s battle with drugs is well-publicized. In 2002, her nose was reconstructed after her septum had collapsed from excessive cocaine consumption.
At the height of her use it was reported she would take up to five grams of cocaine a day, blowing close to £250,000 on the drug.
New beginnings: Her hospitalisation comes after she vowed to turn her life around following years of drug abuse and relapsing onto ‘cocaine and champagne’ earlier this year
The star has since been in rehab for several years to fight her demons. In June last year, she revealed that she was finally clean after visiting a clinic in Mijas (Spain)).
Danniella was 16 when she first appeared on EastEnders. She acted for three years on the soap.
She returned to the screen in 1996, but her time was cut short by her off-screen behavior.
New look: The star has since embarked on multiple rehab stints in order to battle her demons – and revealed she was finally clean in June last year, after attending a clinic in Mijas, Spain
She returned again shortly after, but was axed again in 2000 after further disruptive behaviour, admitting she blew £100k on cocaine at the time.
The role was recast in 2002 and 2005 by Kim Medcalf. Danniella took the role again in 2009 and 2010.
She returned to the screen in 2016 to reprise the storyline about Peggy Mitchell’s passing, which was to be her last appearance.
Actress: Danniella was 16 when she first appeared on EastEnders. She has been on the soap for several times (pictured 2009).