Natalie Cole hospitalized for flare-up of Hepatitis C
Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Were sorry to hear that Grammy Award-winning singer Natalie Cole has suffered a setback in her battle against Hepatitis C, and has been hospitalized in New York.
According to Natalie’s spokeswoman she has canceled her tour dates for October but thankfully is expected to make a full recovery.
“She will be in the hospital a few more days and then will be sent home for bed rest.
Cole announced in July she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C and that she probably contracted the liver disease from drug use more than 30 years ago.
Her doctors said at the time she was responding well to treatment, including chemotherapy, but was suffering “significant side effects,” including fatigue, muscle aches and dehydration.
The singer, whose father was the legendary singer Nat King Cole, died of lung cancer when she was 15, documented her addiction to cocaine, heroin and alcohol in her 2000 autobiography “Angel On My Shoulder.” She overcame her addictions after a lengthy stay in rehab in the early 1980s.
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infectious disease that is often without symptoms and can cause inflammation of the liver, and in extreme cases, liver cancer. It is usually contracted through transfusions of unscreened blood, or by injecting or inhaling drugs.
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