London
(ANI):
Amy
Winehouse
might
be
suffering
from
tuberculosis
as
she's
reportedly
been
coughing
up
blood
and
suffering
a
severe
chest
infection,
it
has
emerged.
The
24-year-old
has
suffered
further
weight
loss
and
a
loss
of
appetite
-
all
symptoms
of
the
deadly
disease.
Winehouse
also
has
an
irregular
heartbeat
and
doctors
have
put
her
on
a
drip
as
they
try
to
get
her
off
her
drug
addiction
"Amy
is
in
a
bad
way.
Doctors
are
still
struggling
to
control
her
heartbeat
but
the
chest
condition
has
been
really
worrying
them," The
Sun
quoted
a
friend,
as
saying.
"She'd
been
been
suffering
horrible
coughing
fits
and
hurling
up
blood
for
a
while
but
refused
to
be
examined.
Doctors
now
believe
it
is
tuberculosis
and
are
doing
more
tests
to
be
certain,"
the
friend
added.
The
'Rehab' singer
collapsed
at
her
home
in
Camden,
North
London,
on
June
16
and
was
rushed
to
a
clinic
by
dad
Mitch.
Doctors
were
trying
to
discover
if
the
collapse
is
related
to
a
seizure
she
suffered
last
August
when
she
was
hospitalised
after
a
huge
drug
binge.
"Things
sound
really
bad,
but
at
least
now
they
have
found
something
specific
it
will
be
easier
to
keep
her
in
hospital
and
free
from
drugs," a
source
said.
"The
word
tuberculosis
might
frighten
her
into
getting
herself
well.
It
certainly
should
do.
"She
needs
to
realise
she
will
die
if
she
she
doesn't
clean
up
her
act,"
the
source
added.