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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 18

Brandi Glanville Thanks Donors as GoFundMe Nears $25,000 Amid $113,000 Health Battle

Updated

Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 18

Brandi Glanville Thanks Donors as GoFundMe Nears $25,000 Amid $113,000 Health Battle

Q: What hidden dangers during an unaired reality TV trip left a former star battling a mysterious facial disfigurement and massive medical debt?

The hidden danger appears to have been exposure during Brandi Glanville’s unaired 2023 *Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip* filming in Morocco, though no single cause has been definitively proven. Glanville has said her facial problems began after that trip. Over time, she and doctors have floated several possible sources: an infection or parasite she believed she picked up while filming, exposure to contaminated food or water, and later a mix of serious medical findings that included drug-resistant ESBL *Klebsiella* and *Enterobacter* with biofilm, coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever), Demodex dermatitis, mononucleosis, a reported fungal ball in her face, and a benign tumor in a facial lymph node. She has also said ruptured breast implants and old dental work may be contributing factors. What is clear is that the Morocco trip marked the start of the crisis she says led to swelling, lumps, facial paralysis and disfigurement. Since then, she has reported seeing numerous doctors and spending more than $113,000 seeking answers, with ongoing treatment and surgery still ahead. So the “hidden dangers” were not a confirmed single hazard caught on camera, but a still-unresolved health fallout linked by Glanville to the unaired Morocco production — potentially involving infection, environmental exposure, or another medical trigger that surfaced after the trip.

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 18

Brandi Glanville said she was "overwhelmed" by support after a GoFundMe for her treatment topped $19,500 toward a $25,000 goal.
The 53-year-old said she has spent more than $113,000 while battling a three-year facial disfigurement and newly identified conditions including ESBL Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Valley Fever, Demodex dermatitis and mononucleosis.
Yolanda Hadid recently connected Glanville with doctors, offering help as Glanville said the search for treatment has become a constant financial drain.
Bravo figures including Kyle Richards, Camille Grammer, Vicki Gunvalson and Claudia Jordan donated, underscoring support from the wider Housewives community as Glanville says she still faces a long recovery.