Demi Sims has revealed she was rushed to hospital in the UK after falling ill with a serious disease.
The former TOWIE star, 26, told her Instagram followers on Thursday she was spending some time back home when she became unwell.
The reality star contracted Lyme disease, but after her course of antibiotics is up she said she’ll be heading back to America.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection, spread by ticks, which affects thousands of Britons every year.
Alongside a stunning selfie, Demi penned: ‘I caught Lyme disease in America and I didn’t know what it was until it made me very ill in the UK. Luckily I went to hospital and got treated for it before it got dangerous.
Awful: Demi Sims has revealed she was rushed to hospital in the UK after falling ill with a serious disease
She continued: ‘I’ve got three weeks on antibiotics to get rid of it then I’m going back!’
The condition can cause long-term symptoms, but this usually happens only if the infection isn’t treated early enough.
Demi told fans: ‘It’s what Bella Hadid and Justin Bieber have, they had it a lot more severe than me as it got into their nervous system, but today’s the second day I feel fine!’
The reality star tried to stay active while sick by hitting the gym. Alongside a snap, she penned: ‘When I tell you I’ve never felt so weak from being ill. Only managed a fight session’
It comes after Megan Barton-Hanson has sparked speculation that she has rekindled her romance with Demi after starring in loved-up footage with her.
Taking to her TikTok , TOWIE star Demi posted the video, writing: ‘Convincing your ex to get back with you’ and adding two eye emojis and a ‘hehe xxx’ as her caption.
Megan, 28, a Love Island star, who dated Demi in 2019 after meeting on Celebs Go Dating , grinned and posed with her in the clip, mouthing to the audio: ‘It would be so awesome, it would be so cool.’
Illness: The former TOWIE star, 26, told her Instagram followers on Thursday she had contracted Lyme disease when spending some time back home
The former couple looked close, with Megan putting an arm on Demi’s shoulder. It led delighted fans to ponder if the duo are back together four years on.
It comes after Megan and Demi previously discussed their romance and sexuality.
Speaking on Megan’s You Come First podcast , she said that Demi had ‘done a lot for her’ and admitted to developing a crush on her way before they met, after watching her come out as bisexual on TOWIE.
Megan told her: ‘So Demi we met on Celebs Go Dating but I don’t think I’ve ever said this to you… I actually watched you on TOWIE.
‘I saw you on TOWIE and you were so inspiring and it was amazing how open you were about your sexuality.
‘I remember watching it with my mum, and obviously I knew I was a bit into girls at the point, so I loved that you represented that. There must have been so many girls that slid in your DMs after asking for advice about coming out and stuff.’
The reality star tried to stay active while sick by hitting the gym. Alongside a snap, she penned: ‘When I tell you I’ve never felt so weak from being ill. Only managed a fight session’
To which Demi replied: ‘Yeah well funnily enough that you say that. You’ve never actually told me that the first time you saw me was on TOWIE but I had a few inklings because the first time we spoke, you slid into my DMs about something that happened on TOWIE so that does make sense now.
She added: ‘Yeah I had a lot of DMs at first and I think it’s because I was one of the first bisexual girls to be on a reality TV series in the UK.’
And sparks were flying as Megan also told her: ‘I feel like I never really said, but you’ve done loads for me as well even though you’re younger than me and I know you on a personal level now, it was just amazing to see you be so open and bold about your sexuality on such mainstream TV, so thank you I guess. Thanks for doing that for us.’
Back together? Megan Barton-Hanson has sparked speculation that she has rekindled her romance with Demi after starring in loved-up footage with her
Speaking of coming out on reality TV, Demi said: ‘It was weird because I hadn’t even come out to everyone, and then the first second I went on TOWIE I was like ‘oh yeah, I’m bisexual’. So a lot of people were shocked, family friends were shocked.
‘Do you know what sometimes you have got to be confident in life about who you are and I don’t think there’s a problem with that at all.’
Megan also described her first experience of dating a woman as ‘mortifying’ after being shamed over her sexuality by a close family member.
‘I got this lesbian dating app called Her,’ Megan told Demi. ‘I remember I matched with someone, set up a date and then before I went out on this date my brother’s girlfriend who lived with us, burst through the door and was like: ‘Meg, I’ve got something to ask you.
She was like: ‘It turns out you’re going out with a girl who works at my work so can you just confirm you’re not a big, fat lesbian’.
‘Imagine that. The first time I ever had the confidence to go and meet a girl this girl who is quite close to me comes in and is quite homophobic and rude about it.
‘But I kind of played it down, yeah it was mortifying. It’s shocking, she probably didn’t mean to hurt me but it is something that will stay with me for life. It scarred me for life.’
The pair made amends after falling out following their bitter split.
Back in October 2019, Demi revealed to MailOnline that Megan had apologised for saying there was ‘no sexual chemistry’.
She said at the time: ‘I unblocked her because I wanted to know what she had to say and she kindly apologised for everything she had done.
‘She knew she was in the wrong with everything she had done to me. She apologised and we wished each other the best. I was really shocked because I didn’t expect her to ever apologise.
‘It felt really nice and it made my heart warm a bit more. I had a bitter frost towards her because of everything she did to me but when she apologised, it made everything better.’
Self-acceptance: Megan also told her: ‘I feel like I never really said, but you’ve done loads for me as well even though you’re younger than me’
