Lily Allen was in hospital on Friday night with the potentially lethal blood-poisoning condition septicaemia — just days after losing her baby.
The chart-topping singer was six months pregnant when she miscarried the baby she had been expecting with boyfriend Sam Cooper.
She had been recovering at home in Gloucestershire but was taken to hospital by ambulance on Friday.
A friend told the Daily Mail: "Lily had been recuperating at home with Sam and her family, but she has been taken back to hospital and is getting the best care possible at the moment. Everyone is extremely concerned, but she is in the best place and luckily she was admitted quickly."
It came just hours after Allen thanked fans for their support following the miscarriage. Writing on her Twitter page on Friday, the 25-year-old said: "I'm still very sick but the messages are helping me to be stronger. Thank you x x."
She added: "Thank you for all your kind messages."
Allen has been a prolific user of the social networking website and last weekend she posted a poignant message saying simply "say a little prayer x," before the problems with her pregnancy became public knowledge.
Infection
Septicaemia is a bacterial infection of the blood. The symptoms develop rapidly and may include a high fever, violent shivering, faintness, delirium and loss of consciousness, as well as cold and pale hands and feet and rapid and shallow breathing. Sufferers are normally given antibiotics to stave off the bacteria and the infection.
Allen had previously suffered a miscarriage in 2008 when she was dating Ed Simons, a pop star and DJ from the Chemical Brothers.
Following her second miscarriage, many celebrity friends sent messages of support, including Myleene Klass, Emma Bunton and Denise Van Outen.
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