A Place In The Sun’s Laura Hamilton shares her struggle with rare autoimmune disease
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‘I always try to be positive about things’: Laura Hamilton of A Place In The Sun shares her struggles with a rare autoimmune disease that caused the death of the show’s guest sister
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Laura Hamilton described her ongoing battle with a little-known condition that causes excessive bruising and bleeding on Wednesday.
The 40-year-old A Place In The Sun presenter spoke about her health condition, dubbed Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) and revealed that a relative of one of the house-hunting programs had sadly died of the disease.
Speaking of her connection to Mark and Janine, who were on the program looking for a home abroad, Laura said they praised her for raising awareness.
Opening: Laura Hamilton, 40, has detailed her ongoing battle with a little-known condition that causes excessive bruising and bleeding on Wednesday
The disease can cause easy or excessive bleeding or bruising, with many having purple bruises as well as small reddish-purple dots that look like a rash.
Laura explained that for her ITP flares up when she’s stressed, but it’s under control at the moment.
Recalling Mark and Janine’s time on the show, she added: “It was really crazy a year ago I was filming A Place In The Sun with a lovely couple in France – Mark and Janine – and I was standing there just and i had a bug bite on my leg and i started scratching it.
Brave: The A Place In The Sun host opened up about her health condition called Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
“I was like, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t have done that, because I’m getting bruises on my leg from ITP.'”
Laura went on to explain that Mark had sadly told her that his sister had died of the disease, but thanked her for her efforts to raise awareness.
She continued: ‘It’s kind of under control the moment I don’t have that bruise on my legs, but it does happen that it flares up, but I always try to be positive about things and have a glass half full. .’
A Place In The Sun: Laura revealed that a relative of one of the house hunting programs had sadly passed away from the disease
The disease affects only 4,000 adults at a time and is most common in young women.
Last year, Laura posted the photo showing the bruises by holding her arm in the mirror before heading out to film the show’s latest series in France.
She wrote in the caption of the all-encompassing post: “This week I may have posted a few pictures in pretty dresses, but this is the reality of what’s underneath and what you can’t see…
Sad: She wrote in the caption of the all-encompassing post: “This week I may have posted a few pictures in pretty dresses, but this is the reality of what’s underneath and what you can’t see…”
Further on, she said, “I have bruises on my arms and my gums are bleeding. This is ITP.
‘Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease that can lead to easy or excessive bruising and bleeding.
“The bleeding is due to unusually low platelets — the cells that help blood clot.”
Laura gave a message to her followers and concluded: ‘If you are an ITP patient, my thoughts are with you. Don’t let it get you down. Follow your dreams. Everything is possible. You don’t have to let it stop you…’