The former face of Amici, the singer has always been quite active on social media, but in recent months he has disappeared. With a video, he explains that he is battling post-Covid meningitis, which turned out to be more serious than expected. “No, I haven’t gained weight. It’s the effect of the drugs, the cortisone.”
Pasqualino Maione was one of the faces of the golden years of friends. The singer, who took part in Maria De Filippi’s talent show in the 2008 edition, had recently distanced himself from social media due to some issues health problems. Covid has had some unpleasant consequences and now Pasqualino is fighting one Disease affecting the brain and spinal cord.
(Pasqualino Maione to Amici, 2008)
Pasqualino returns to social media and opens up about the disease
Always quite active on TikTok, the singer had taken a break from his followers in recent months. Unfortunately, behind this decision were some health issues that forced him to remain in therapy and under medical observation. “Hello everyone, I haven’t been on TikTok for five months now. Unfortunately I’m not feeling well I had a serious health problem it distanced me a bit from social media,” he said in a video.
“No, I haven’t gained weight. It’s the effect of the drugsCortisone because I’m in therapy and I’m facing a big fight against the pathology that unfortunately has taken over my brain and bone marrow, “he adds, trying not to collapse. He’s better at the moment, but he’s still being monitored .”I had meningitis, post Covid, who were admitted in time thanks to the Vanvitelli doctors, whom I thank so much, who are still keeping me in therapy and who are trying to make me live as well as possible and to heal as quickly as possible. There’s still a long way to go, but we’ll get there.”
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Complications after Covid
It’s not the first time the singer has spoken about his illness. For the first time in August 2022 he appeared on a hospital bed a severe form of Covidwhich forced him into hospitalization. “Be careful with this damn Covid, I had underestimated it but for 10 days I’m going through hell“, he wrote. He then returned to the hospital again in October, explaining that the situation had deteriorated. “It turned out to be much more serious than I could have imagined … unfortunately my condition after Covid worsened and I had to go hospital to be treated severe infection affecting the spinal cord and brain“.