This just in: Smoking crack can lead to emphysema!
British soul-singing sensation Amy Winehouse
was diagnosed with an early stage of the debilitating lung disease that
could one day render her a virtual invalid, or worse, dead.
The
Grammy-winning bee-hived crooner and notorious drug addict was admitted
to the London Clinic after she passed out last week, leading doctors to
catch the potentially deadly disease early.
"The doctors have
told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won't just ruin her
voice, it will kill her,” Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse said in a statement to the Sunday Mirror.
“The doctors have said that if she had continued the way she was going
she could have ended up an invalid—she wouldn't have been able to
breathe.”
Despite the seriousness of the disease, Winehouse, 24, “has an early form of emphysema,” said her publicist Chris Goodman.
“It’s totally reversible and she’s responded well to treatment.”
Winehouse is slated to perform at a concert in London’s Hyde Park in honour of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday on June 27, but it’s yet to be determined if Winehouse will be recovered enough to make the appearance.
The
“Rehab” singer has had several bouts with rehab herself, but so far,
nothing has appeared to stick.
But her father said he hopes the
emphysema diagnosis will be the catalyst that will help his daughter
kick the drugs.
“With smoking the crack cocaine and the
cigarettes, her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the
chest and dark marks. She's got 70-percent lung capacity,” Mitch
Winehouse said.
“If she doesn't go back to drugs, then she can lead
this magnificent life. We are praying that that's what Amy really
wants. She seems resolute."
Tracy E Gilchrist © 2008 GayWired.com; All Rights Reserved.
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