Love Island star rushed to hospital with life-threatening illness weeks after returning from the villa

LOVE Island star Jazmine Nichol today opened up about her terrifying brush with death in hospital.

The Casa Amor girl, 21, said she wound up with life-threatening sepsis - adding that she was "incredibly lucky to still be alive".

The Love Island star explained that she was rushed to hospital on Tuesday where she turned grey and began vomiting uncontrollably.

She explained that she was saved by a quick-thinking member of the NHS staff but now faces a "long recovery".

Writing on her Instagram Story, Jazmine said: "I'd like to firstly thank everyone for their concern over my health this past week and let everyone know what's happened.

"I became unwell in the early hours of Tuesday morning and was taken into hospital later that day.

"Whilst waiting to be seen my condition deteriorated rapidly to what I now know is Sepsis.

"Had it not been for the quick thinking and action of a staff member who noticed how unwell I had become things could have been very different.

";Within minutes I had turned a blue/grey colour and was vomiting uncontrollably.

"My blood pressure was 70/30. It was at this point that the doctors informed my family that I was seriously unwell."

"I was fortunate to have the most amazing care and was quickly hooked up to IVs continaing antibiotics and fluids.

"Blood results showed that I had developed Sepsis - so rapidly it happened in a matter of minutes.

"Sepsis is a rare but serious complication of an infection. Without treatment sepsis causes multiple organ failures and death.

"We believe this happened because I had ignored an infection whilst away from home last week and as a result needed emergency surgery in the early hours of Wednesday morning once my condition had stabilised."