Earlier this month, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star stunned fans after sharing a selfie and going on to explain the health issues she has been dealing with.

The former model, 52, announced on Instagram that she was returning to Cameo after dealing with health issues for ‘over a year’.

She later followed up to clarify that the video she’d used to promote her return was an ‘old cameo’, before sharing an updated photo of what she looks like now.

She went on to say that she had been in and out of hospital and racking up a hefty $70,000 bill trying to pinpoint the issues she is facing. She has also lost five teeth due to this health issue.

As well as this, she also explained doctors have suggested that she may be suffering with a parasite jumping around her face.

This news caught the attention of one doctor, Dr. Terry Dubrow who relayed his own concerns for Glanville and went as far as to call the issue a ‘ticking time bomb’.

He told TMZ Glanville’s health issues were probably not the result of a parasite and likely stemmed from ‘an infectious process or a foreign body reaction to something she’s had injected’.

He added: “There are these two kinds of microorganisms, one’s called a Microbacterium and the other is called a fungus, and they can be very difficult to treat and could take six to 12 months of antibiotics to treat.”

Brandi Glanville insisted she is happy to take any help she can get (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

Writing on Twitter on December 13, Glanville said: “I have zero drama with Dr Dubrow, I appreciate all the help I can get.

“We have been in touch and plan to talk thank you for all the love.

“All fillers that were in my face have been dissolved. I have seen all the best doctors at cedar Sinai & all the doctors they referred me to.”

In his initial comments, Dr Dubrow didn’t specify what kind of injection could result in such symptoms.

He said: “Brandi needs a diagnosis, she has to figure out if there’s a microorganism in there.

“Every minute that that microorganism is allowed in her skin and do potential damage, she could suffer worse for it, it could be more difficult to treat and she could form more scars”

Brandi Glanville has made countless trips to doctors and spent eye-watering sums trying to figure out the cause of her facial disfigurement, which has rapidly deteriorated in the last 12 months.

The Californian former model sparked concern when she posted a selfie on Twitter on Sunday (December 8) where fans said she looked completely unrecognizable.

The 52-year-old said she suspects a ‘parasite’ took hold of her when filming the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip in Morocco, and she can ‘feel’ it moving around under her skin.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, she said six months after she got back home, she started to have ‘this speaking thing and the swelling up thing’.

Now, it looks ‘like tiny bubbles bursting’ and Brandi horrified fans when she said she can feel the parasite ‘jumping’ from one side to the other – and even ‘s***ing or having babies in my face’.

The author also explained she posted the snap to put false rumours to bed.

Brandi said: “I’m so sick of the narrative that I’m sitting around having plastic surgery all the time. First of all, I couldn’t afford it if I wanted it. Secondly, no.”

“This is why I’m sitting at home”, she continued, “This is why I’m not on red carpets. Because I don’t want to go out like this.”

The star shocked fans with the snap (Twitter/@BrandiGlanville)

Brandi has also lost nearly half a dozen teeth, which she told the US Sun started from a bout of stress-induced angioedema.

To add insult to injury, medics are yet to come up with a formal diagnosis and she’s forked out more than $70,000 in the process.

Brandi said: “Honestly, I have so many doctors and I’ve had so many tests. I did lab work for $10,000. They ran every test under the sun. They’re like, ‘It could be a parasite that’s new’.”

Any treatments she’s had to date have only served to be a temporary fix and not a long-term solution.

The television personality admitted she’s become ‘stressed’ juggling medical bills while being out of work.

Understandably, her health issues have also taken a toll on her confidence and her social life.

The famous housewife looks completely unrecognizable (Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images)

She continued: “I’ve been on meds this whole year. I don’t socialize. I don’t go out and I’m just spending all of my money on trying to figure out what’s wrong with me.

“Everyone thinks I’m so tough but I’m fragile right now. It’s a very fragile time for me. I don’t remember a day when I haven’t cried. So leave me the f**k alone.”

After several trips to the doctors, Brandi said she’s not getting her hopes up for a diagnosis any time soon but said it would be ‘amazing’ just to have an answer.

She said: “This is a horrible thing to say but even if it’s like a tumor, I want to know. Honestly, health is wealth and that’s all I want.”