Jess Eva shares health update after being hospitalised

Radio host Jess Eva was recently rushed to hospital after her ears became infested with bugs while filming I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

And on Wednesday, the Triple M star shared a stomach-churning health update from the Royal North Shore Hospital where she’s being treated.

‘Mamma’s got fungus! So this is what happened…. the pain in my ears was getting worse so I went to the angels at Royal North Shore hospital Monday night and went home that night,’ she explained.

‘The pain increased significantly Tuesday and was admitted to treat the pain (not ICU). Today I saw the ENT specialists and we discovered fungus, hairy, black gross fungus growing everywhere inside the ear. In what would be a pimple poppers delight, she vacuumed it out.

‘The mini vacuum head getting clogged in some stages, from hairy yellow and black balls of. They have a treatment plan, I’m already feeling a million times better.

‘This whole process would have really freaked me out, but after popping @cfassnidge bum pimple last night on @imacelebrityau I feel like nothing will ever compare. Anyway, as a mamma who doesn’t normally like to whinge at her illnesses and just get on with it. I’m a bit embarrassed at all the commotion. 

‘Thank you so much for all your beautiful messages and thank-you so much to Royal North Shore Hospital. Love ya xx #imacelebrityau.’

On Wednesday morning, Jess’ Triple M co-host Lawrence Mooney explained to listeners that Jess is currently in ‘intensive care’ after having a ‘menagerie’ of bugs syringed out of her ears by doctors over the past couple of weeks.

He said on Moonman in the Morning: ‘That situation has become critical, and she is now in intensive care on morphine because the pain has become insufferable overnight, so she is in hospital.’

‘Jess you can’t hear us, but our thoughts are with you,’ he added.

Co-host Chris Page stressed that Jess’ situation is serious, adding that she is ‘not a sickie sort of person’ and will still turn up to work even when she’s unwell.

Lawrence added that he was ashamed that he was ‘less than sympathetic’ to Jess when she first revealed her medical issue, recalling that he blatantly questioned her hygiene habits a few weeks ago.

Making up for his past remarks, he said: ”I’ll tell you what kind of a woman has bugs in her ears – a woman who’s in intensive care on morphine because the pain is so extreme.’

‘I feel a little bit shame-faced that I didn’t take it more seriously, I thought it was just that it was just a bit of a Jess wind-up,’ he added. 

‘But it has taken a turn for the worse, so our love to you Jess.’

Jess first revealed her medical issue on air two weeks ago after experiencing an uncomfortable sensation in her ear that led to significant hearing loss after filming I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in December.

At the time, she explained to her co-hosts that she suspected it came from the ‘manky lake’ she and the other celebrities swam in.

In the weeks that followed, Jess revealed on her social media that she had seen the doctor two more times who discovered that ‘slimy slug creatures’ managed to lay eggs inside her ear.

A photo on her Instagram showed two ‘Tic Tac-sized’ bugs, and she told her Triple M co-hosts on air at the time: ‘Out popped a couple of these slimy, weird slug creatures.

‘The doctor reckons they might have only got the wings off before, and this was the actual body of the slug.’

Jess explained the same thing happened in her other ear – and while she was feeling okay now, and added that she knows that at least one more is still lurking inside.

The former Block star began filming I’m a Celebrity back in November, and wrapped in December.