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<\/p>\nAN EX On The Beach favourite has been rushed to hospital after suffering "heart palpitations."<\/p>\n
The MTV star is now undergoing a series of tests while remaining in the medical ward.<\/p>\n
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Jess Impiazzi, 34, who suffers from Lupus, took to her Instagram Stories to share a snap showing her hand with a plaster on top.<\/p>\n
In her caption, she wrote: "OK little update and thanks for anyone messaging me.<\/p>\n
"I've had X-Rays on my lungs and bloods done and had ECG because of my heart palpitations, now waiting in hospital.<\/p>\n
"Thank you to the Lupus community you are amazing."<\/p>\n
Back in September, Jess broke down as she told her partner she feared she was "dying."<\/p>\n For months her\u00a0hair\u00a0had been falling out, she had developed a strange rash and, on one terrifying occasion, she coughed up blood.<\/p>\n The terrified model sobbed to ex-footballer Jermaine Pennant and confessed: \u201cI think I might be dying.\u201d<\/p>\n She told the Sun on Sunday: \u201cMy body was just completely failing me and I couldn\u2019t get any answers.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was tired all the time, aching all over and then this angry rash appeared on my chest and face.<\/p>\n \u201cOne day I started coughing up blood, which was incredibly scary. I thought it was stomach cancer.<\/p>\n \u201cThen I started panicking that it was multiple autoimmune.<\/p>\n \u201cWe looked it up and the life expectancy was six years. We both sat there and I burst out crying. \u00adJermaine\u00a0also got really upset.\u201d<\/p>\n Finally, in July, Jess was told she was suffering from lupus, a serious but less dangerous autoimmune condition, in which the body\u2019s immune system attacks its own tissue and organs.<\/p>\n According to Lupus UK,\u00a0around 50,000 people in the UK have the condition\u00a0and around 90 per cent of sufferers are women.<\/p>\n Jess\u2019s crippling symptoms started in January, one month after she had her breast implants replaced when one of them ruptured.<\/p>\n JESS IMPIAZZI was diagnosed with Lupus in July – yet what is it?<\/p>\n Lupus is an incurable and usually "life long" immune system illness which is mainly suffered by women and can affect any part of the body, including skin, joints and organs.<\/p>\n The condition causes the immune system to produce too many antibodies which can sometimes attack healthy tissue and result in inflammation, pain and damage.<\/p>\n It's difficult to know exactly how many people suffer but women and people of African-Caribbean, Chinese and Asian descent are more likely to develop the condition than white people.<\/p>\n Lupus is difficult to diagnose because the symptoms can vary from person to person and the condition usually develops slowly over time.<\/p>\n However, women between usually notice symptoms and are diagnosed with the condition between the ages of 15 and 45.<\/p>\n The three\u00a0main symptoms of the disease are fatigue, joint pain and swelling and rashes on the wrists, hands and face.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/RB-COMP-JESS-IMPIAZZI.jpg\")
<\/picture>JESS' AGONY <\/span><\/p>\nI feared I was dying after incurable condition diagnosis, says Jess Impiazzi<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>SOAP SHOCK <\/span><\/p>\nJess Impiazzi sets sights on EastEnders role after landing major Amazon series<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>emergency dash <\/span><\/p>\nMAFS UK groom rushed to hospital and sparks concern with A&E snap<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>fight to survive <\/span><\/p>\nGogglebox’s Tom Malone Jr breaks down about brother’s health battle<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>WEDDING BELLE <\/span><\/p>\nMAFS star seen partying with Tommy Fury admits ‘life can’t go back to normal’<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>AMBER ALERT <\/span><\/p>\nAmber Turner sends pulses racing in sexy suspenders as she strips to lingerie<\/h3>\n
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