Liam Payne's health battles revealed from struggles as a baby to difficulties with mental wellbeing - as the One Direction star is found dead at just 31-years-old

Former One Direction prima Liam Payne has died astatine the property of conscionable 31, constabulary said past night.

The multi-award winning vocalist fell from the 3rd level into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires earlier medics confirmed his death.

Payne roseate to stardom aged 16 aft forming the lad set connected The X Factor successful 2010 alongside Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles.

Despite coming 3rd connected the show, the radical went onto planetary fame, selling 70 cardinal records worldwide and topping the charts each crossed the world.

But the much-loved prima was nary alien to wellness struggles, which helium candidly discussed passim his all-too-short career. 

He suffered 2 large scares, 1 of which saw him person to 32 injections successful his limb each day. 

Born aboriginal and endless aesculapian tests arsenic a child

In the band's 2011 biography 'Dare to Dream - Life arsenic One Direction', Liam admitted: 'When I was calved I was efficaciously dead.' 

In the book, which documents the group's rollercoaster thrust to superstardom, helium added: 'The doctors couldn't get immoderate absorption from maine truthful I had to beryllium brought circular and though it seemed similar I was okay, determination were underlying problems.

'I was calved 3 weeks aboriginal and I kept being ill. 

'From the property of zero to 4 I was ever successful infirmary having tests done but they couldn't find retired what was wrong. 

'They discovered that 1 of my kidneys wasn't moving decently and it had scarred. 

'I had to person 32 injections successful my limb successful the greeting and evening to effort and marque maine better. 

'I've inactive got some kidneys but 1 doesn't enactment truthful I person to beryllium cautious not to portion excessively much, adjacent water, and I person to support myself arsenic steadfast arsenic possible.'

Cancelled circuit aft superior kidney infection 

Last year, the Story of My Life vocalist was rushed to infirmary successful 'agony' from superior kidney pain. 

He fell sick portion connected vacation successful Lake Como celebrating his one-year day with woman Kate Cassidy.

Just 1 period earlier, helium had been forced to postpone his South American circuit owed to a 'serious kidney infection'. 

'It's with a dense bosom I person to archer you that we person nary different prime but to postpone my upcoming circuit of South America,' helium wrote astatine the time. 

'It's thing I wouldn't privation connected anyone, and doctors orders are that I present request to remainder and recover.'

The achy and unpleasant unwellness tin origin fevers, backmost symptom and a burning sensation erstwhile you walk urine. 

If it is not treated it tin origin imperishable kidney damage. 

A communal bladder infection, known arsenic cystitis, is often the origin of a kidney infection.

The archetypal corruption tin beryllium triggered by a benignant of bacteria getting into the urethra, a conduit that carries urine retired of your body.

Although astir radical who get cystitis volition not make a kidney infection, sometimes bacteria travels up from the bladder to the kidneys.

Open astir struggles with alcohol   

In July 2023, Liam revealed helium had completed 100 days successful a Louisiana rehab aft hitting 'rock bottom'. 

During his 3 period agelong enactment astatine the centre, helium had minimal interaction with the extracurricular satellite and spent a batch of clip of focusing connected creation and poetry.

'Turning the telephone backmost connected was a small spot scary,' helium told fans successful a video. 'I've been trying to larn to get to cognize this caller guy.' 

He besides addressed arguable comments helium made connected YouTube prima Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast successful 2022 astir his erstwhile set members.   

Expressing remorse, helium added: 'I took shots astatine everybody else... came crossed arsenic truly large headed. 

'I privation to apologise for that.'

Liam thanked his then-six-year-old lad Bear and his ex-girlfriend and Bear's parent Cheryl for supporting his determination to get better.

He added that his erstwhile bandmates had 'stuck by me' and 'came to my rescue'.

In remarks to Men's Health Australia successful 2019, Liam besides explained however challenging helium recovered fame, often resorting to intoxicant for coping.

'It's astir similar putting the Disney costume connected earlier you measurement up connected signifier and underneath the Disney costume I was pissed rather a batch of the clip due to the fact that determination was nary different mode to get your caput astir what was going on,' helium said. 

'I mean, it was fun. We had an implicit blast, but determination were definite parts of it wherever it conscionable got a small spot toxic.' 

Dark thoughts but committed to recovery 

The What Makes You Beautiful vocalist had besides candidly opened up astir his intelligence wellness and substance maltreatment issues, admitting to having 'severe suicidal thoughts' and a dense cause usage during his clip with One Direction. 

Speaking connected the Diary of a CEO podcast successful 2021, helium told big Stephen Bartlett: 'I was disquieted however acold my stone bottommost was going to be. 

'Where's stone bottommost for me? And you would ne'er person seen it. I'm precise bully astatine hiding it. No 1 would ever person seen it.

'There is immoderate worldly that I person decidedly never, ne'er spoken about. 

'It was really, really, truly severe. And it was a problem. And it was lone until I saw myself aft that, I was similar "Right, I request to hole myself".'

He besides spoke astir seeing pictures of himself connected a vessel looking 'all bloated out,' referring to his quality past arsenic his 'pills-and-booze face'. 

He added: 'My look was just, like, 10 times much than it is now. I conscionable didn't similar myself precise much, and past I made a change.'