Kim Kardashian reveals new diagnosis and the link to her fathers death at age 59

Kim Kardashian’s latest health scare has her family rattled.In a trailer for “The Kardashians” Season 8 dropped in Friday, the Skims founder, 44, revealed that she has “something called esophagitis.”The promo shows Kim lying in what appears to be a hospital bed, dressed in a gown, as a voice offscreen asks, “Didn’t your father… isn’t it what he died of?”The teaser then cuts to her mother, Kris Jenner, fighting back tears in a confessional.“I can’t; it makes me want to cry,” she admitted.But don’t mistake the drama for a death sentence. While Kim’s diagnosis may have a connection to the esophageal cancer that killed her father at just 59, the risk of the reality TV star’s condition developing into the disease is small.The news comes about a year after Kim, 45, revealed that an MRI scan had detected a “little aneurysm” in her brain, which doctors theorized was likely fueled by stress.

She later reassured fans that she was fine, telling “Good Morning America,” “Everything works out.”Here’s what you need to know about Kim’s latest health revelation.It’s inflammation in the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food from your mouth down to your stomach, according to the Cleveland Clinic.Common symptoms include heartburn, difficulty or pain when swallowing, a sore throat, the feeling that something is stuck in your throat, mouth sores, nausea and vomiting.

In severe cases, it can also cause bleeding.There are a few different culprits.One of the most common causes is gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, in which stomach acid repeatedly backs up into the esophagus, according to Harvard Health.Certain medications can also irritate the esophagus and lead to drug-induced esophagitis.

These include commonly used drugs like aspirin, doxycycline, iron supplements, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and some osteoporosis medications.Infections can cause esophagitis as well, though this is more common in people with w...