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Demi Lovato was rushed to the emergency room Tuesday after the singer was having trouble breathing.

TMZ reports a friend took Lovato to Providence Tarzana Medical Center where the singer remained hospitalized through Tuesday afternoon.

Doctors tested the former Disney star and determined her illness was flu-related.

She was given a Z-Pak and is back home and "feeling much better today," her publicist told FOX411.

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