{"id":2247253,"date":"2026-01-23T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247253"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T16:41:54","slug":"bethenny-frankel-announces-stage-2-kidney-disease-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bethenny-frankel-announces-stage-2-kidney-disease-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bethenny Frankel announces stage 2 kidney disease diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bethenny Frankel has been diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a medical announcement,\u201d the Bravo alum shared <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethennyfrankel\/video\/7598241684908018999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via TikTok<\/a> Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMonths ago, I decided I was going to be very proactive about blood tests \u2026 I started to take a series of blood tests, and each time my kidney function was coming up low.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bethenny Frankel announced she was diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease. <span class=\"credit\">Tiktok\/@bethennyfrankel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The TV personality shared the news via TikTok Thursday after returning from a doctor\u2019s appointment. <span class=\"credit\">Tiktok\/@bethennyfrankel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Frankel, 55, explained she had a doctor\u2019s appointment earlier in the day, and received the diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReal Housewives of New York City\u201d alum shared that her condition could be the result of a \u201ctraumatic experience [she] had years ago when [she] almost died from an allergy attack,\u201d or it could be an autoimmune disease.<\/p>\n<p>She noted she learned that other infections could have led to the disease, saying that she used to get a lot of UTIs but \u201cnot as much anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cMonths ago, I decided I was going to be very proactive about blood tests,\u201d she explained. <span class=\"credit\">bethennyfrankel\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Frankel added, \u201cI started to take a series of blood tests, and each time my kidney function was coming up low.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@bethennyfrankel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t drink a lot of water,\u201d Frankel admitted. \u201cI\u2019m holding a bottle, but I\u2019m not usually drinking\u00a0it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[My doctor] said, \u2018Water is your medicine,&#8217;\u201d she told viewers, adding that she has to drink up to 1.5 gallons per day.<\/p>\n<p>The reality star was also told to lay off pain medications, such as ibuprofen and Advil, and supplements, such as turmeric.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Bravo alum explained the diagnosis could\u2019ve been a result of a \u201ctraumatic experience [she] had years ago when [she] almost died from an allergy attack.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/bethennyfrankel<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>However, the condition may also be autoimmune. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Frankel stated that she was sharing her diagnosis not to get fans concerned about her, but to warn them to \u201ctake precautions\u201d for their own health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe mindful,\u201d she urged her followers. \u201cMaybe this is something I\u2019ll have to deal with forever, but I just wanted to tell you because I think it\u2019s important to go get all your bloodwork done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Skinny Girl founder tends to be candid on social media, recently sharing that she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/05\/celebrity-news\/bethenny-frankel-contracted-a-bacterial-infection-on-her-face-after-partying-in-st-barts\/\">got a facial bacterial infection <\/a>after partying in St. Barts for New Year\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Frankel urged her fans to get their blood drawn. <span class=\"credit\">?Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cMaybe this is something I\u2019ll have to deal with forever, but I just wanted to tell you because I think it\u2019s important to go get all your bloodwork done,\u201d she said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Frankel shared a vulnerable video of herself with a rash around her eye.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/15\/celebrity-news\/bethenny-frankel-blames-a-common-hotel-item-for-facial-bacterial-infection\/\">got the rash from towels<\/a> because they \u201chold\u00a0bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven a well-cleaned towel still holds bacteria. A face cloth holds bacteria,\u201d the TV personality said in the clip.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethenny Frankel has been diagnosed with stage 2 chronic kidney disease. \u201cI have a medical announcement,\u201d the Bravo alum shared via TikTok Thursday. \u201cMonths ago, I decided I was going to be very proactive about blood tests \u2026 I started to take a series of blood tests, and each time my kidney function was coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2247254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[23908,44729,24003,347836,347225,22488,21913],"class_list":["post-2247253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bethenny-frankel","tag-bravo","tag-celebrity-news","tag-diseases","tag-real-housewives-of-new-york-city","tag-tiktok","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bethenny-Frankel-announces-stage-2-kidney-disease-diagnosis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247255,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247253\/revisions\/2247255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}