Real Housewives, Real Health Scares – 15 Frightening Medical Fears Of The Ladies Of Bravo

The ladies on the Real Housewives franchise have had their share of real heath scares and RadarOnline.com has 15 examples of their medical fears.

Marysol Patton from the Real Housewives of Miami shared the scary news that her mother Elsa Patton had a massive stroke, and told RadarOnline.com "I thought she was going to die."

Nene Leakes from the Real Housewives of Atlanta shared that she was in the hospital with IVs in her arms. "After some routine tests I was diagnosed with blood clots in my lung,” NeNe said about her health scare. “I’m told this happened to me because of the constant traveling around the country that I do for my job.”

Lisa Vanderpump fainted on DWTS which was showed on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Kyle Richards and Brandi Glanville have questioned the validity of her "fainting" and said it looked staged. Meow!

Brandi Glanville from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills shared that the doctor found a tumor in her breast and she had it removed and it was benign. “It’s not the big C, please don’t worry,” she said about the situation.

Melissa Gorga’s husband Joe Gorga from the Real Housewives of New Jersey was hospitalized in early 2013 because of the flu.

Tamra Barney revealed that she had a burst hernia on the Real Housewives of Orange County. "They had to reconstruct my whole stomach," she reportedly said. "It was really, really bad. I almost died."

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has often spoken about her beloved father's hospitalized and she was shown visiting him on the reality show.

Camille Grammer, the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, revealed that she had a "radical hysterectomy" after being diagnosed with early stage endometrial cancer.

Yolanda Foster from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has often discusses her struggle with Lyme’s disease. "I am still struggling through my days and still haven’t found a cure or was able to put this disease in remission,” she said in November.

Kenya Moore from the Real Housewives of Atlanta revealed her scare with breast cancer, and said that she made a "huge mistake when I first found out about my lump. I went and got checked out from my doctor’s orders and had my mammogram, but I had such a horrible experience that I didn’t come back for the results. I just got scared. I was by myself and I didn’t tell anyone. I kept it all to myself. I never told my aunt, I never told my boyfriend, I never told my cousins, my best friend. I didn’t tell anybody."

The Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa dropped the bombshell news that she struggled with an eating disorder. "I gained weight and struggled to lose it quickly in order to pursue my dreams of being a model," she said. "Being 20 years old, I had no idea how to lose weight fast and laxatives were an easy way out."

Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria had a family tragedy when her son Frankie was hospitalized after a horrific car accident in 2011.

Vicky Gunvalson’s daughter Briana, who is on the Real Housewives of Orange County, had surgery which resulted in the removal of her entire thyroid, numerous nodules and lymph nodes.

Cynthia Bailey from Real Housewives of Atlanta revealed that she suffers from debilitating fibroids which causes bloody disasters some times.

Tamra Barney from the Real Housewives of Orange County admitted that she had cervical cancer.