Mary-Kate Olsen Rushed to the Emergency Room in NYC

Mary-Kate Olsen was rushed to the emergency room in New York on Monday for an acute kidney infection, which presents itself as sudden sharp flank pain, and may be accompanied by a fever. An infection in the kidney is very serious. The bacteria involved can make their way into the blood causing a life threatening condition called Urosepsis. Reports say Mary-Kate has been admitted to the hospital. If that’s the case she probably has a fever, and doctors will want to draw blood cultures to make sure the bacteria is not in her blood. If everything goes well she’ll be discharged in a day or two.

Lindsay Lohan said she was admitted to the hospital back in 2005 for a swollen liver, and kidney infection. As it turned out, Lindsay’s admission was related to drugs, most notably cocaine. Lindsay only recently was discharged from a Utah rehab center to help her kick her drug and alcohol addictions.

Back in 2004 Mary-Kate went to rehab in Utah for six weeks saying it was to treat an eating disorder. Reports at the time rumored the admission was related to a drug problem, most notably cocaine.