‘We thought Kylie had a brain tumour’: Kim reveals health scare

It seems the Kardashian family have been through quite a bit in their lifetimes, and now Kim has opened up about one particularly scary incident, which occurred when her youngest sister Kylie was a child.

During a speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Kim explained that Kylie was extremely sick when she was younger, so much so that doctors worried she may have a brain tumour.

Kim and her sisters have long been active with children's charities and have visited countless children's hospitals, something which the reality star says was spurred on by Kylie's health scare.

"I'm choosing to get involved in children's hospitals. You don't have to have money to give back and that is so much more meaningful – you can give your time," the mum-of-one told the audience.

Now a fearless teenager who enjoys adrenaline-fuelled activities like snowboarding and dune buggy racing, things weren't always so simple in Kylie's life. Although the illness occurred over a decade ago, Kim said she still thinks back on it as a terrifying time, and recalled having "to watch Kylie while my mom was in the shower, for example."

Long before the Keeping Up With The Kardashians cameras started rolling, Kylie was so sick that she ended up spending a month in hospital while the doctors attempted to figure out what was wrong.

Moving on from the topic of health, Kim, who is pregnant with her second child, discussed a range of things including her coffee-table book Selfish, Hillary Clinton running for president and, of course, Spanx.

When she was asked if she thinks her bikini snaps and sultry photos are objectifying, she said "I don't think it's a bad thing. I think there's power in that and I think I have the control to put out what I want so even if I'm objectifying myself, I feel good about it."