Dr Emily MacDonagh has revealed she has shingles as she shared her painful symptoms with fans on social media.
The doctor, 36, who is married to singer Peter Andre, 53, shared a candid video on Friday where she discussed her painful symptoms.
Emily penned alongside health advice in her post: ‘A little health update, this week I was unexpectedly diagnosed with shingles. So I thought I’d do a quick video to explain what it is, in the hope it helps raise awareness for anyone who might not be familiar.’
Wearing a pink woolen jumper, she then said in her video: ‘I noticed a pain and just odd sensations under my arm here and then a couple of days later the rash appeared on my back on one side.’
She continued: ‘It’s definitely not something I expected to be dealing with, but hopefully sharing this does raise some awareness.’
The busy mum signed off her clip: ‘As for me, I’m kind of hoping to start feeling better soon and back to myself.
Emily MacDonagh has revealed she has shingles as she shared a health update with her fans on social media on Friday
The doctor, 36, who is married to singer Peter Andre , 53, shared a candid video where she discussed her painful symptoms
‘I hope that as helpful, stay well everyone.’
Emily was flooded with well wishes from fans, as one said: ‘Wishing you a very speedy recovery Emily and thankyou for the info on shingles’;
‘Hope you get well soon Doc’; ‘Thank you for sharing and get well soon’; ‘Get well soon Emily. I have had this 3 times in the last year it’s painful’.
Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus—a member of the herpes family that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox.
Once a person is infected, the virus stays dormant in the body but can, if the immune system is temporarily weakened, reactivate.
Emily married Mysterious Girl singer Pete in 2015 and the couple have three children together: Millie, 12, Theo, nine, and Arabella, one.
Peter also shares two children, Junior, 20, and Princess, 18, with ex-wife Katie Price.
Despite his two oldest growing up in the spotlight, he and Emily have chosen to keep their little ones out of the public eye as much as possible.
Earlier this month, Emily admitted she and Pete are ‘stingy’ when it comes to pocket money and give their kids just 50p to do chores around the house.
Speaking in an Instagram video, she said: ‘You might have seen a video I did recently where Millie was doing some chores for me and Pete and earning a bit of extra pocket money.
‘There were some really great comments on the video. I asked people, ‘what do you do with your kids?’, ‘how do you do pocket money?, ‘do you make them do chores?’ and I got some really great responses, so I thought I’d make a video about it again and just see what everyone thinks.
‘The kids have their own bank accounts and they have a little card that they’re able to spend, and they get £1 a week from me and Pete that goes into their bank account.
‘And then any extra money they want to have they get through chores.
‘So, you know, they might help me unload the dishwasher. I think I’m a bit stingy, by the way – I’m gonna just caveat with that – because for unloading the dishwasher I would do like 50p.
‘To make their bed, 50p. Put their clothes away, probably 50p. Jobs that are a bit bigger, that will take them more time, maybe £1.’
Emily added she actually thinks kids should help around the house without getting any pocket money, saying that’s what it was like for her growing up.
She said: ‘I’m really torn between teaching them that you shouldn’t always get paid to help out your parents, but also wanting to give them that reward.
Emily married Mysterious Girl singer Pete in 2015 and the couple have three children together: Millie, 12, Theo, nine, and Arabella, one
‘And they love having that bit of spending money, you know, when they go to the shops.
‘I also like to keep them grounded and not give them extortionate amounts of pocket money, because when they go out to the shops, they’re really proud of themselves, and they kind of know the value of money, to buy something for maybe £2 or £3, they can see what’s gone into it to get that money.
‘So that’s how I think of it, but I think I might be a bit stingy and a bit mean… so let me know what you think.’
