Teddi Mellencamp Hospitalized After Waking Up With Burning Sores All Over Her Body -- Here's What Happened!
Teddi Mellencamp recently suffered a terrifying health scare!
During a new episode of the Two T’s In A Pod podcast on Tuesday, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum told her friend and co-host Tamra Judge that she ended up in the hospital after waking up with severe, painful sores all over her entire body one day last month! Oh no! Teddi explained:
“I thought I had the flu. And then I woke up one day, and my whole body was just covered in, like, this terrible rash — like, you can’t even say it’s a rash because it’s almost like sores all over my entire body.”
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The sores “hurt and they burned,” so the Bravo personality went to urgent care to get checked out. Teddi hoped it was nothing more than an allergic reaction. However, the urgent care doctor quickly determined it was a lot more serious, and she needed to go to the emergency room. There, Teddi found out that a new medication she was on caused Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Stevens-Johnson syndrome is “a medical emergency that usually requires hospitalization,” which “starts with flu-like symptoms, followed by a painful rash that spreads and blisters.” Then, the top layer of affected skin dies and sheds before beginning to heal after several days. It’s a rare but serious disorder that is potentially life-threatening if untreated. Certain medications can trigger Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and people with cancer are at an increased risk of it.
Perezcious readers know Teddi has been battling cancer since 2022. She was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, and has undergone 17 surgeries to treat it. Unfortunately, by April 2025, the reality star’s cancer metastasized to her brain and lungs and progressed to stage four. Her doctors discovered she has “no trace of cancer” months later, but she is not considered in remission, meaning she must continue with immunotherapy.
And while dealing with cancer, Teddi also had to battle this disorder! How awful! The 44-year-old television personality shared on the podcast that she had blisters in her mouth, around her eyes, and “just everywhere.” It was so bad that she “couldn’t swallow,” so she was hospitalized and got steroid injections and antibiotics. Oof. She continued:
“The reason they were like, ‘You have to stay in [the hospital]’ is because they can start to get better and then shift right back up.”
After a few days, her symptoms thankfully got better! And it was just in time for her 6-year-old daughter Dove‘s birthday on February 25, which she missed last year due to being in the hospital! She concluded:
“It wasn’t feeling great, but it’s just, like, the adrenaline from being there. I was so happy.”
We’re so glad Teddi is OK, and she got to celebrate with Dove this year after such a scary situation! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments (below).
[Image via Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram]
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