Nick Cannon Has Lupus?

The singer has had lots of health scares this year and tells People magazine that his autoimmune disease is "a lupus type thing!"

NICK CANNON HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND NOW WE HAVE MORE INFO ON HIS ONGOING HEALTH BATTLE.




2012 HASN'T BEEN A HEALTHY YEAR FOR NICK...HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR KIDNEY FAILURE BACK IN JANUARY AND THEN RE-ADMITTED A FEW WEEKS LATER FOR BLOOD CLOTS IN HIS LUNG.

NOW THE TV PERSONALITY IS TALKING ABOUT HIS ONGOING ISSUES. NICK TELLS PEOPLE MAGAZINE... "The blood clot thing was probably the scariest because ... I've known people who have passed away from that."




NICK ALSO REVEALS WHAT CAUSED HIS KIDNEY DISEASE. HE TELLS THE MAG, "They kind of say [my] autoimmune [disease] is -- like a lupus type of thing, but no one else in my family has it."

THE 31 YEAR WHO RECENTLY STEPPED DOWN FROM HIS NY BASED RADIO SHOW—IS TRYING TO TAKE THINGS EASY THESE DAYS.




THE FATHER IS FOCUSED ON GETTING BETTER AND STAYING STRONG FOR HIS WIFE MARIAH AND THEIR 2 LITTLE ONES—MOROCCAN AND MONROE.

A POSITIVE NICK ADDS, "I feel blessed to be alive. If it wasn't discovered, I don't know [what would have happened]."