The Married… With Children<\/a> alum, 53, recorded the Tuesday, Aug. 5, episode of MeSsy<\/a>, the podcast she co-hosts with Jamie-Lynn Sigler<\/a>, from an L.A. hospital as she struggled with severe pain that made her feel like her appendix was bursting.<\/p>\n While in Europe visiting family, Applegate said she began to feel unwell. On the flight back, however, she decided to go straight to the hospital, explaining she didn\u2019t want to wake up at 3 a.m. and need to run to the emergency room.<\/p>\n Astrid Stawiarz\/Getty; Phillip Faraone\/Getty<\/p>\n Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Christina Applegate.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m like, I wanna be admitted,\u201d Applegate said, sharing her frustration with treatment during her multiple sclerosis<\/a> struggle.<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI’m staying here because I want answers. I want every test that you can possibly think of or ones that you haven’t even thought of, and I want them done.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/people-app.onelink.me\/HNIa\/kz7l4cuf<\/a><\/p>\n The next day, she said, she woke up with an extreme pain on her right side.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, my brain’s like, \u2018Oh, my appendix<\/a> is bursting,’ ” Applegate recalled.<\/p>\n The pain, she shared, was \u201cradiating\u201d from the back to her front: \u201cSo much pain. I’m screaming, and they ordered me an emergency CT at 2 in the morning,\u201d she said, explaining that the scan showed she had a kidney infection \u2014 which has since spread to her left kidney as well.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just gonna be here,\u201d she said, referring to her hospital stay and explaining, \u201cBecause of this kidney infection, I have to have intravenous antibiotics right now. And that’s where we’re at.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0Dead to Me<\/a> actress shared that doctors thought her condition could be a urinary tract infection, and questioned her wiping technique.<\/p>\n \u201cLike, what am I back-wiping? Like, seriously, I’m 53,\u201d she said, explaining that at a previous visit to the hospital, she\u2019d been asked if she was wiping from front to back, as is recommended by doctors. Applegate said she has \u201cthe cleanest vagina \u2026 I’m a clean girl down yonder.\u201d<\/p>\n Rob Latour\/Variety\/Penske Media via Getty <\/p>\n Christina Applegate shared that she’s getting treatment for kidney infections.<\/p>\n![\"Astrid](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/48b587778d51a4e82e444d0ffaeab1d3.jpeg\"\/)
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