'X Factor' Judge Lands in the Hospital With Malaria

By PopEater Staff Posted Jul 6th 2010 07:40AM

After taking a trip to Tanzania with 'Dancing With The Stars' pro Derek Hough a few weeks ago, Cheryl Cole has returned home to find she has contracted malaria.

A spokesman for the British singer and 'X Factor' judge says Cole is being treated in a London hospital and has been forced to cancel all work commitments for the next week. Simon Cowell has reportedly insisted that she return to her judge's seat only when she is well enough.

After collapsing during a photo shoot for her new album, Cole was ordered to rest by doctors. Her condition soon took a turn for the worse, and according to UK's The Sun, she was rushed to hospital after "drifting in and out of consciousness."

She had been taking malaria tablets but reportedly told doctors she had been suffering with "stomach pains" since returning from the holiday.

Hough is reportedly by her side and is "mortified by what's happened" as it was his idea to take her to Africa.

If malaria is not treated promptly, it can become life-threatening because it disrupts the blood supply to vital organs. Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite that's transmitted by mosquitoes. The illness results in recurrent attacks of chills, headaches, vomiting and fever.

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Tuesday 06 July

By bill

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Cheryl is just getting rewarded for a bare face lie about using only one piece of paper to wipe her butt to save trees....

By Lisa

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Actually that was Sheryl Crow not Cole

By sadie

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Bill, you're an idiot.

By Julie

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THESE IDIOTS WHO TRAVEL TO THESE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ARE PUTTING ALL PEOPLE AT HOME IN DANGER. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID SHE EXPOSE TO THIS HORRIFIC ILLNESS BEFORE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD IT. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THESE IGNORANT, SELFISH IDIOTS????

By Mrs Sonya Parker

Great. Now all the models will be trying the Malaria Diet.

By Sunday

LMAO. Ok, that was funny! But seriously, I hope she recovers fast and is feeling better soon.

By WILL

LMAO...THATS FUNNY MRS S ; )

By Amber Bigelow

Ooh Cheryl not good. Hope she's okay! Plus side? She's featured in an article in America.... that's one way to crack the states.

By Arni

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You people are a bunch of insensitive A Holes. Being in the medical profession, contracting Malaria is a very serious nature and can be life threatening if not treated. This poor girl went on vacation to experience another part of the world and now she's fighting for her life. I wish her well and hope shes feeling better soon. You people need to stop and look at yourself and how you treat others. We Americans are a bunch of glorified snobs. YES I said we Americans....

Wednesday 07 July

By Diane

Very well said and will some of you mean-spirited people Google Karma

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF

Arni, I can guess by the way you identified youself as "in the medical profession" that you are not a doctor. That is surprising because you have almost the same self-inflated sense of self-importance. We are not being insensitive. In fact, it took me 2 minutes to find this information on visiting Tanzania on the CDC's site:

Before visiting Tanzania, you may need to get the following vaccinations and medications for vaccine-preventable diseases and other diseases you might be at risk for at your destination:

To have the most benefit, see a health-care provider at least 4–6 weeks before your trip to allow time for your vaccines to take effect and to start taking medicine to prevent malaria, if you need it.

This "poor girl" was in a big hurry for a photo-op before her 15 minutes runs out.

Tuesday 13 July

By Alyssa

First, malaria cannot be transmitted from human to human, so she didn't put anyone at risk.

Second, there is no vaccine to prevent malaria. Various types of tablets are used for prevention, but none of them are 100% effective.

So much for the quality of the above poster's 2-minute 'research.'

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