Jun 23, 2008 • 1 min read

More Winehouse health speculation

Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has told the Sunday Mirror she has early-stage emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, after a TB test came back negative.

There was much speculation regarding Amy Winehouse's health this weekend after the singer underwent more medical tests following that fainting incident early last week.

On Friday there were reports she was being tested for TB, but fortunately those tests proved negative. A spokesman told People.com on Friday: "She has a chest infection and she had a routine test for TB, which came back negative".

Then yesterday a report in the Sunday Mirror quoted her father Mitch Winehouse as saying his daughter was suffering from early stage emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, and that continued drug use could make the condition dangerous. The tabloid quote Winehouse senior thus: "The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won't just ruin her voice, it will kill her. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She has 70 per cent lung capacity".

As previously reported, Winehouse's ill health may effect her planned appearance at the Nelson Mandela concert in London this week and her Glastonbury set next weekend. Her spokesman said on that last week: "She would really love to do the show - she always wants to do these things. But she will listen to her doctors".

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