{"id":578821,"date":"2026-04-01T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578821\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:46:17","slug":"jenny-mccarthy-reveals-year-of-living-hell-with-mystery-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578821\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny McCarthy reveals year of &#8216;living hell&#8217; with mystery illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/jenny-mccarthy\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Jenny McCarthy\">Jenny McCarthy<\/a> has shared her year of &#8220;living hell&#8221;, having gone through nine <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/womens-health\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"surgeries\">surgeries<\/a> in a year to figure out what the mystery <a href=\"https:\/\/honey.nine.com.au\/health\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\" illness\">illness<\/a> was that was taking over her life.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old opened up about her health journey on the \ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/1251-jenny-mccarthy-wahlbergs-5-mold-toxicity-warning\/id1320060107?i=1000758391615\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Heal Squad\">Heal Squad<\/a> podcast, hosted by Maria Menounos.<\/p>\n<p>The actress shared that her health issues kick-started a year ago with an infected root canal, which she first got cleaned and later removed. However, because it wasn&#8217;t cleaned properly, she suffered from a jawbone infection due to &#8220;three of these little toxic pools hiding underneath my wisdom teeth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/911879cf-23b3-4a5e-be24-f0224d3dd066.jpeg\"  alt=\"Maria Menounos and Jenny McCarthy\"\/>Jenny McCarthy opens up about ongoing health issues on the Heal Squad podcast. (YouTube\/@Maria Menounos)<\/p>\n<p>Her root cavitations and implants kept getting infected, with the \ufeffmodel having to undergo nine surgeries on her mouth in 2025 alone.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, she kept getting growths on her eye that \ufefflooked like &#8220;nastiest whitehead, puss-filled eraser top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every time she got one of the growths surgically removed, it would grow back four weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/kyle-and-jackie-o-news-legal-filing-shocking-allegation-peter-ford\/641c64df-8e6e-4b2b-8ac0-727819b3dc75\" target=\"\" title=\"The &#039;shocking&#039; allegation at the heart of Jackie O&#039;s $82m legal stoush\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The &#8216;shocking&#8217; allegation at the heart of Jackie O&#8217;s $82m legal stoush<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/gemma-oneill-jackie-o-best-friend-manager-reason-social-media-silence-pregnancy-loss-miscarriage-her-best-life-podcast\/bffeb131-c5eb-4f46-b8ed-af0f27f0a88b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Gemma O&#039;Neill breaks silence over her social media absence\">Gemma O&#8217;Neill breaks silence over her social media absence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/summer-house-amanda-batula-west-wilson-confirm-relationship-statement\/fda62108-c590-4588-8909-503bbf166cf5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Reality stars go public with secret romance after weeks of rumours\">Reality stars go public with secret romance after weeks of rumours<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/889bd383-c7ee-44bd-bda4-879164ba7b1f.jpeg\"  alt=\"Jenny McCarthy\"\/>The star had exhausted all options before her doctor suggested one last test. (Gilbert Flores\/Billboard via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the John Tucker Must Die star\ufeff&#8217;s functional medicine doctor decided to test her for one last thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My functional medicine doctor said, &#8216;OK, hold on. You&#8217;re the healthiest patient I have. We gotta go dig deeper,'&#8221; she recalled on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Th\ufeffe doctor called her back urgently when the results came in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason why you&#8217;re having constant infections, your body won&#8217;t heal, you&#8217;re oozing things is because you have mould. You have mycotoxin poisoning,&#8221; she recalled the doctor telling her.<\/p>\n<p>The Masked Singer judge explained, &#8220;Mould releases this toxin in the dust particles and what happens is most people \u2026 with good immune systems can handle it. People with weaker immune systems, people with leaky gut, candida, things I am already fighting [can&#8217;t].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffFor a daily dose of 9honey, <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/edm?client_id=honey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to our newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e7558bd6-e254-4a81-8115-befbe3f57e90.jpeg\"  alt=\"Jenny McCarthy \"\/>Mould was behind her recurrent health issues.  (Getty Images for iHeartRadio)<\/p>\n<p>She added,\ufeff &#8220;I have a certain mould that causes seizures. [My doctor] goes, &#8216;If this thing that you&#8217;ve got crosses the blood brain barrier you&#8217;re going to be in the hospital having seizures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In order to finally treat the illness once and for all, her doctor put her on a \ufeffheavy-duty mould protocol.<\/p>\n<p>She is also undergoing Extracorporeal Blood Oxygenation and Ozonation (EBOO), which is an ozone therapy that filters, oxygenates, and ozonates blood outside the patient&#8217;s body before returning it.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/entertainment\/latest\/ninecomau-whats-app-signup\/421c4156-5b58-42a0-9c4e-e65401b4e271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE<\/a>: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. 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