Brandi Glanville revealed she may have contracted ringworm through oral sex.
“I have a question for you: Have you ever heard of the sexually transmitted disease ringworm?” Glanville asked guest Lisa Ann on Thursday’s episode of her podcast “Brandi Unfiltered.” “I feel like I have something stuck in my throat.”
According to the CDC, ringworm is a fungal infection that affects the hair, skin, and nails. It can be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact or sexual contact. These infections can be “serious and difficult to treat.”
“This is one of those things that most people don’t know what to look for,” argued Anne, a writer and former American porn actress.
“We had to train our make-up artists that when new talent shows up, they stand naked in front of a brightly lit window and inspect their bodies for spots, because they are highly contagious.”
Granville believes she contracted ringworm from dating “someone in the industry.”
“He only looked at my face because he didn’t want to get me pregnant,” she said of the mystery man. “He didn’t know the ship had sailed. I was like, ‘Okay, whatever, I’m not going to correct you.'”
“And off the top of my mouth, my (then) girlfriend told me about it yesterday,” Glanville continued. “I didn’t know anything about that.”
The reality star explained that after doctors ruled out other common sexually transmitted diseases, she began researching what else was possible.
“Apparently it can get in, like if something gets in your throat,” Granville elaborated. “If it’s in your throat, it can get into things like the back of your ear.”
However, the Bravo alum is no stranger to health issues, as she has recently dealt with various mysterious illnesses.
In February, Granville discovered the cause of her years-long facial paralysis.
She explained that her breast implants had disfigured her and caused her to lose several teeth.
Glanville revealed on her podcast that during an ultrasound, doctors discovered that the implant in her right breast had ruptured and was leaking. As a result, the silicone migrated to her lymph nodes.
She ended up spending $200,000 to investigate the cause of her illness.
Just last month, Granville was rushed to the hospital with a clove of garlic stuck in his ear.
The TV personality had a cold, so he decided to use garlic to relieve congestion.
“I didn’t do anything on Easter day because I had garlic in my ear,” she said about the viral TikTok trend on her podcast.
“I was trying to get it out,” Glanville insisted.
In her words, “It got worse and I had to go to the emergency room the next day to have it removed.”
