The cause of Travis Barker’s emergency trip to the hospital on Tuesday is due to pancreatitis, which doctors believe was caused by a colonoscopy.
According to TMZ, several family-related sources have confirmed that the hospitalization was the result of an inflammation of the pancreas that includes symptoms such as nausea, severe stomach pain and vomiting. There are no details on when Barker had the colonoscopy, but TMZ reports that it was “recent.”
Blink-182 drummer, 46, and husband of Kourtney Kardashian, was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for further care after first registering at West Hospital and Medical Center. Hills Tuesday.
Her daughter, Alabama Barker, shared a disturbing message through her Instagram story that same day, asking fans to “please send in your prayers.” He also hung up and then quickly erased a TikTok titled “Please Say a Prayer,” from which he grabbed his father’s hand while he was lying in a hospital bed. The photo showed the battery with hospital bands on both wrists, holding his phone in his right hand and with a black wrist arm on his left.
Barker’s medical history includes diseases such as staph infection and cellulite, which is a bacterial infection that can cause swelling, inflammation, and pain. In 2018, he suffered blood clots in his arms, forcing him to cancel a series of shows at Blink-182’s Las Vegas residence. In addition, in 2008, Barker suffered the traumatic experience of a plane crash that claimed the lives of six people; he previously talked about how the accident left him with third-degree burns all over his body.
For nearly three decades, Barker has been a mainstay of the music industry. His most recent collaborations include Machine Gun Kelly and Post Malone. Lately, the musician has been trending for his relationship with Kardashian, which was documented in the first season of Hulu’s “The Kardashians” last year. The couple married in Italy earlier this May.
Barker and Kardashian’s representatives were not immediately available for comment.