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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Brandi Glanville has been struggling with health issues for quite a few years.
In the latest update, she revealed she believes she has a sexually transmitted ringworm in her throat.
“I have a quick question. Have you heard about sexually transmitted ringworm?” she asked Lisa Ann, the guest on Brandi’s May 21 episode of her Brandi Glanville Unfiltered podcast.
“I feel like I have it … in my throat,” she continued.
Ann noted that it’s something that a lot of people “don’t know what to look for.”
“We had to train our makeup artists that when a new member of talent would show up, they would have to get naked in a window where there’s good light, and they would inspect their body to see if they see any patches because it’s incredibly contagious,” she added.
Brandi claimed she thinks she got the infection after dating someone “in that industry.”
“He would only, you know, my face … because he didn’t want to get me pregnant,” she graphically detailed. “He didn’t know that ship had sailed. I’m like, ‘OK, whatever, I’m not going to correct you. Alright, honey.’’ And in my mouth in all that, [then] my girlfriend told me about it yesterday. I knew nothing about it.”
Brandi divulged she’s undergone multiple tests to see if there was a sexually transmitted disease in her throat, but to date they’ve all come back negative.
“I really just heard about ringworm yesterday, and they can apparently… burrow in, like, if it’s in your throat,” she elaborated. “If it’s in your throat, they can burrow deep into your ears and all that.”
Brandi has been battling a facial parasite for quite some time.
In December 2025, she updated Us Weekly on where things stand.
“It’s been a slow process, but I’m finally getting back to my normal routine and feeling like myself again,” she said at the time.
“I’m enjoying keeping things simple, spending more time at home, and really taking care of myself,” she continued. “I’m actively filming my YouTube series and working on a variety of new projects, so my focus is really on everything I’m creating today. It’s been exciting to grow and explore new platforms.”
Brandi gave another update on her parasite to TMZ on February 18, stating, “We’re taking care of the face now that they’ve figured out what was wrong.”
Brandi detailed she found out her breast implants had ruptured, clogged her lymph nodes, and caused her facial disfigurement.
“They looked fine, they felt fine, the mammogram said they were fine. It wasn’t until I had a sonogram. I was just feeling, like, maybe just check that too. Why not? I’ve checked everything else.” she detailed. “I went to 21 doctors. I’ve spent so much money. And there is such a thing as breast implant illness, and you really should change your breast implants out at 10 years, and I just didn’t do it. I’m like, ‘It’s not broke, don’t fix it.’ I learned a really, really hard lesson.”
“It sucks to age, like, 20 years overnight,” she added.
Brandi underwent an explant surgery and noted that at the time she was feeling “great.”