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Tara Reid says she's good and healthy after hospitalization
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Originally posted by New York Daily News
The 36-year-old fell ill with the sudden inflammation earlier in the week during a trip to Nice, France, TMZ.com reported.
Tara Reid says she's "good and healthy" despite reports that the "American Pie" star was hospitalized in southern France for acute pancreatitis.
The 36-year-old fell ill with the sudden inflammation earlier in the week during a trip to Nice, France, TMZ.com reported.
The actress, however, hit Twitter Saturday to say that she wasn't suffering from acute pancreatitis - just food poisoning.
"Don't worry everyone," Reid wrote. "I'm all good and healthy. I got seafood poisoning and hurt my back on the jet ski but I'm all better. Thanks for caring!"
Reid also jokingly defended the outfit she was wearing in the photo that accompanied TMZ's report.
"By the way to all you hayers I lobe my adidas track sits when you are going on the small boat to the big one it protects u from getting wet!" Reid tweeted.
Acute pancreatitis, or the rapid swelling and inflammation of pancreas, is characterized by symptoms of nausea, diarrhea and fever.
Nearly 70 percent of cases in the U.S. are caused by alcoholism or alcohol abuse, according to the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia.
Other causes include autoimmune problems, blockage of the pancreatic duct or high blood levels of triglyceride fat.
The star was spotted earlier this week enjoying herself during a night on the town in San Tropez.
Reid has had problems with alcohol use in the past.
She checked herself into rehab at the Promise Treatment Center in Malibu, Calif. in December 2008.
But the star said those days were behind her after her 60-day stint at the center.
"I felt like everyone was judging me and watching me. I think I drank because it gave me a kind of confidence," Reid told InTouch Weekly. "When I went out, everyone always wanted to have a drink with me - because I was known as this fun, party girl. I became that person."
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