Nick Jonas Was Very Close to Falling Into a Coma Before Diabetes Diagnosis

Nick Jonas is recalling what might have happened to him if he had let his diabetes diagnosis go back when he was a young teen.

If you don’t know, Nick was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 13 years old after he was losing weight and developed a huge craving for sugary soda.

His family took him to the doctor and his blood sugar was nine times higher than normal.

“I was very close to a coma,” Nick recalled to Cigar Aficionado. “Like a day away, if I hadn’t gone to the hospital.”

“I kept asking my parents — am I going to be okay?” he added. “I was just so concerned that it was going to limit my ability to do all the things I wanted to do. I was very scared — it’s a big life change.”

“I found out very quickly it’s a very manageable disease,” he continued. “As long as you’re really diligent.”

Nick Jonas isn’t the only celebrity who has opened up about living with a chronic illness.