 Selling Sunset's Amanza Smith has revealed she was close to death before being diagnosed with a bone infection. The Netflix star, 46, said she was told by doctors she was 'one or two days away from dying' before she was treated at Cedars-Sinia Medical Centre in LA. Amanza was taken to the hospital by a friend after she collapsed one evening following an excruciating backache that lasted nearly a month. After undergoing tests and an MRI scan, the interior designer was diagnosed with vertebral osteomyelitis. According to the NHS, it is a painful bone condition that usually goes away if treated early with antibiotics but can cause serious long-term problems if not. The National Organization for Rare Disorders lists it as a rare disease and states it affects around two to five people in every 10,000 in the United States. 'I thought I had a backache, and I almost died. The doctors and my friend saved my life,' Amanza told People. Amanza said the doctors told her she was near to death after battling the illness at home (Picture: Instagram) She was diagnosed with osteomyelitis and underwent two surgeries (Picture: Instagram) Amanza had two surgeries to treat the osteomyelitis which included having part of her spine replaced after it deteriorated due to the infection. The second operation lasted six hours. She previously said: 'Part of my spine has completely deteriorated due to the infection and I'll be getting a new vertebrae and a couple of screws and rods in my spine to replace what has been eaten away from the bacteria.' Amanza returned home after her stay in hospital last month and will have six more months of antibiotics, as well as physical therapy. She had a portion of a spine removed in one of the operations (Picture: Instagram) She said: 'There are so many things I can't do because I can't lift more than five pounds. Sometimes my purse is too heavy. You ca){kind=link}
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Selling Sunset’s Amanza Smith has revealed she was close to death before being diagnosed with a bone infection.
The Netflix star, 46, said she was told by doctors she was ‘one or two days away from dying’ before she was treated at Cedars-Sinia Medical Centre in LA.
Amanza was taken to the hospital by a friend after she collapsed one evening following an excruciating backache that lasted nearly a month.
After undergoing tests and an MRI scan, the interior designer was diagnosed with vertebral osteomyelitis.