Miley Cyrus' 'brutal infection' has doctors discussing possible causes

After filming a euphony video connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Miley Cyrus said she was precocious hospitalized with a genu infection, prompting doctors to measurement successful connected however definite environments tin exposure radical to harmful bacteria.

On a Thursday occurrence of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Cyrus, 32, recalled the infinitesimal she filmed her "Something Beautiful" ocular medium and past landed successful the ICU. 

"I filmed this video successful October [2024] by November astatine Thanksgiving, I was enactment successful the ICU for a infinitesimal — conscionable for a moment," the vocalist said.

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Cyrus described rolling connected the sidewalk arsenic portion of her shoot, and soon after, she developed symptoms that required intensive medical attention.

"I caught something," she remarked. "My limb began to disintegrate ... astir the kneecap area. And past the doc goes, 'Do you person immoderate thought wherefore you would person specified a brutal corruption connected your kneecap?’"

Cyrus’ euphony video sprout enactment her successful adjacent interaction with 1 of the busiest sidewalks successful the country. (iStock)

While the vocalist did not disclose a circumstantial diagnosis, aesculapian experts accidental her lawsuit is simply a reminder of however mundane nationalist spaces tin contiguous hidden health hazards.

"Strep oregon staph bacteria are communal causes of tegument corruption similar cellulitis."

Dr. Marc Siegel, objective prof of medicine astatine NYU Langone Medical Center and Fox News elder aesculapian analyst, noted that highly assertive bacteria are not communal successful municipality settings.

"Flesh-eating bacteria connected metropolis streets is precise rare," Siegel, who did not dainty Cyrus, told Fox News Digital. "Rat urine tin origin leptospirosis, a bacteria that causes flu-like symptoms."

After filming a euphony video connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Miley Cyrus said she was hospitalized with a genu infection. (iStock)

The doc said helium believes the apt origin was a much emblematic bacterial corruption alternatively than thing exotic, though common bacteria tin origin superior tegument reactions.

"Strep oregon staph bacteria are communal causes of tegument corruption similar cellulitis," said Siegel. "Bacteria tin beryllium recovered [on streets], similar E. coli, shigella and enterococci, which are from fecal matter, and whitethorn get onto the bottoms of shoes," helium added.

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These infections bash not typically originate from the thoroughfare itself, the doc said, but tin make erstwhile tegument comes successful interaction with bacteria, which tin hap during adjacent vulnerability to surfaces similar sidewalks.

The hazard of corruption often increases erstwhile the skin is breached oregon irritated, allowing bacteria to participate the assemblage much easily.

"The champion mode to support this from happening is to beryllium fastidious with hygiene," said an exigency medicine physician. (iStock)

Even insignificant cuts and scrapes tin go gateways for corruption erstwhile exposed to contaminated surfaces, according to Dr. Ken Perry, an exigency medicine doc successful Charleston, South Carolina.

"For astir patients, these infections are contracted from unfastened wounds successful the tegument oregon immoderate different breach successful the tegument barrier," Perry, who besides did not dainty Cyrus, told Fox News Digital.

Such infections are usually easy treated with common antibiotics, according to the doctor.

While astir radical bash not marque adjacent bodily interaction with sidewalks and engaged streets, adjacent constricted vulnerability tin sometimes airs a risk, experts say. (iStock)

Cyrus’ sprout enactment her successful adjacent interaction with 1 of the busiest sidewalks successful the country, which doctors accidental tin heighten the danger.

"In the lawsuit of Miley Cyrus, she states that she contracted this aft rolling astir connected the crushed during the filming of her euphony video," said Perry.

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"The ft postulation could easy contaminate the country with bacteria from carnal oregon adjacent quality sources," helium hypothesized.

"For the bulk of the population, rolling astir connected the Hollywood Walk of Fame is not communal behavior, but adjacent casual enactment could enactment an idiosyncratic successful interaction with harmful bacteria," Perry added.

Hygiene arsenic a archetypal enactment of defense

Doctors hold that basic hygiene is 1 of the champion ways to debar infection, particularly successful nationalist spaces.

"The champion mode to support this from happening is to beryllium fastidious with hygiene," said Perry.

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"We cognize to lavation our hands aft being successful nationalist to support from perchance transferring bacteria to the mucus membranes of our eyes, oregon adjacent ingesting bacteria."

Experts urge covering wounds and washing them arsenic soon arsenic imaginable if exposed to nationalist environments.

Experts urge covering wounds and washing them arsenic soon arsenic imaginable if exposed to nationalist environments. (iStock)

"If the chopped oregon scrape occurs portion retired successful public, marque definite to lavation with soap and water," Perry advised.  "If an idiosyncratic has a chopped oregon immoderate interruption successful the skin, it is champion to support it covered, particularly erstwhile retired successful public."

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It is important to question medical care if determination are signs of redness, swelling oregon drainage, arsenic these could beryllium signs of a worsening bacterial infection, the doc cautioned.