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Oprah Winfrey Reveals Case of 'Severe Pneumonia' That Got Her In The Hospital

The media mogul and philanthropist revealed details about the same in a recent chat with Ellen Degeneres.

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Media giant and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey recently made a special appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show where she came in to promote her upcoming arena tour, Oprah's 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus, and her new Oprah's Book Club selection. According to The Hollywood Reporter, while chatting with DeGeneres, Winfrey revealed that she is recently on the mend after a "very serious" bout of pneumonia.

"I just got cleared yesterday," said Winfrey. "So, here it is. I came back from overseas and I thought I had a cold — but it wasn't a cold. I ended up in the emergency room and they said, 'You have pneumonia.' And I go home, and pneumonia is nothing to play with, y'all. It is very serious. And I was on antibiotics for a week and the antibiotics weren't working. And then I go back for another CT scan and they go, 'It's actually worse. You should see a lung specialist.'"

She mentioned how she felt a 'rattling' in her chest and continued, "So I go into the lung specialist.... He puts his stethoscope here and I see the 'Oh, shit' face. It is like, 'Oh my God, something's wrong with you.' And I can see it. He didn't hide it."

Winfrey then turned to the crowd and warned, "Don't play with it. Get your flu shots and get your pneumonia shots. It's nothing to play with. It takes people out. But I'm telling you, it changed the way I look at wellness."

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