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<\/p>\nReality television star Kim Kardashian has revealed she has a medical condition impacting her throat. <\/p>\n
Yesterday a 2-minute-15-second trailer was released for the upcoming 8th season of The Kardashians. <\/p>\n
In it, the 45-year-old reality star revealed that she had “something called esophagitis”. <\/p>\n
Esophagitis is inflammation of the lining of the oesophagus, the muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach. <\/p>\n
Video showed Kim being tended to in a hospital bed, while someone off screen asks “didn’t your father… Isn’t that what he died of?”. <\/p>\n
The revelation appeared to prompt an emotional reaction from manager and mother Kris Jenner, who said in an aside interview: “I can\u2019t, it makes me want to cry”. <\/p>\n
Another voice over during the trailer said “life is just really precious”. <\/p>\n
Kim’s dad, Robert Kardashian, was a prominent American attorney and businessman, best known for being part of OJ Simpson’s defence team during his infamous 1995 murder trial.<\/p>\n
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Robert Kardashian (right) pictured with OJ Simpson’s defence team in Los Angeles in 1994. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
He was diagnosed with a serious and aggressive advanced oesophageal cancer of the throat in July 2003 after experiencing sudden difficulties swallowing and discomfort. <\/p>\n
He died roughly two months later at the age of 59. <\/p>\n
Esophagitis and oesophageal cancer were not the same thing, but according to a publication in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, individuals with esophagitis can have a significantly increased risk of developing oesophageal cancer. <\/p>\n
Oesophageal cancer was more common in men than women and typically affects individuals over the age of 50. <\/p>\n