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Medical Minute:NICK CANNON REVEALS HE'S SUFFERING FROM AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

Nick Cannon is ready to talk about his severe health problems ... as well as why he was hospitalized two months ago for kidney failure.
Mariah Carey's 31-year-old hubby tells People:
"The blood clot thing was probably the scariest because ... I've known people who have passed away from that. I thought I was getting better and then that happened, so that kind of came out of nowhere."
Cannon says the kidney failure was a result of an "autoimmune disease that [doctors] found in my system."
The father of two recently took a break from his NYC radio show due to his medical issues.
Get well soon Nick!

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