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Apprentice star Lottie Lion reveals ‘life-changing’ health diagnosis after undergoing surgery following sudden collapse

Lottie told The Sun from Sydney: 'I was on a walk and felt extremely dizzy and was having heart palpitations'

APPRENTICE star Lottie Lion has opened up about her devastating diagnosis of a rare heart condition that may be fatal.

The 24-year-old collapsed on holiday before she was resuscitated in hospital where she underwent heart surgery.

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Lottie Lion has opened up about her devastating diagnosis of a rare heart condition that may be fatalCredit: Collect / Supplied
The Apprentice star, 24, collapsed on holiday before she was resuscitated in hospital where she underwent heart surgeryCredit: Collect / Supplied
Lottie told The Sun: 'This is going to be life-changing for me, as I usually live an extremely active lifestyle'Credit: BBC

Doctors discovered she has Wolff Parkinson-White, which causes an abnormally fast heartbeat.

At one point hers spiked to more than 200 per minute.

Usually treatable, it is life-threatening for former librarian Lottie due to a second diagnosis of an abnormal heart rhythm.

She is deemed medically unfit to fly back to the UK from Australia and requires three months of medication and further surgery.

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If that is not successful she is at serious risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Lottie told The Sun from Sydney: “I was on a walk and felt extremely dizzy and was having heart palpitations.

“The next thing I knew I woke up in an ambulance.”

Before flying to Australia, Lottie was in Bali where she also experienced palpitations.

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She said: “I was putting it down to anxiety, so I ignored it.

“This is going to be life-changing for me, as I usually live an extremely active lifestyle attending the gym every day.

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"I am on strict instructions, having to take four different medications three times a day until I am able to have my second heart surgery.

“I’m also not considered ‘fit to fly’ so I am stranded in Australia.

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“The next surgery involves trying to cauterise the abnormal circuits in my heart, but in a more invasive procedure with a two-month recovery period.”

Lottie’s dad Dominique also suffered from the genetic condition Wolff Parkinson-White.

She added: “I took for granted how fit and healthy I was.

“I absolutely loved my active lifestyle and I’m devastated and very frustrated that I can’t at present continue that.”

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Lottie, who is with her New Zealand business owner boyfriend Lewis Holder, had posted a photo of her in hospital with a mask.

She previously told how her experience on the 2019 series of BBC’s The Apprentice took a toll on her wellbeing.

She said in 2022: “We are in a nationwide mental health crisis, and I’m one of the people that have suffered. There were times when I didn’t want to have to bother any more, or carry on.”

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