Kim Kardashian is facing some health woes.
On Thursday (September 17), Hulu debuted the first trailer for the upcoming 8th season of The Kardashians.
At one point in the trailer, the 45-year-old reality star reveals that she has “something called esophagitis.”
In another clip, Kim is laying laying in a hospital bed wearing a gown as someone off camera asks, “Didn’t your father… isn’t it what he died of?”
According to the Mayo Clinic, esophagitis is a “swelling and irritation, called inflammation, of the tissues that line the esophagus. The esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food and drink from the mouth to the stomach.”
The condition is diagnosed through tests, including endoscopy, during which a tube with a camera is inserted into the throat and esophagus.
Kim‘s father, Robert Kardashian, died of esophageal cancer in 2003 when he was 59 years old.
However, esophagitis and esophageal cancer are not the same.
According to the University of Washington’s Division of Gastroenterology, chronic esophagitis is “very common” and can result from acid reflux. The department notes that one in 10 reflux patients could develop Barrett’s esophagus “in which the normal lining of the esophagus is replaced by one prone to cancer.”
The trailer did not clarify the severity of Kim‘s esophagitis.
The Kardasians season 8 premieres on Hulu on October 8. Watch the trailer here!
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