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Privacy NoticeFormer Strictly Come Dancing star Saffron Barker has given an update after she went to hospital with a number of painful symptoms include “rashes all over her body, headache, body aches, shooting pains and a temperature.” Saffron, 24, revealed that doctors had feared she may have caught a tropical disease, but thankfully that wasn’t the case. Sharing an update alongside a picture of her resting in bed, the YouTuber wrote: “Thank you so much for all your well wishes, after a week I finally feel somewhat normal again. The doctors thought I’d caught a tropical disease from a mosquito when I was away.”
Saffron Barker revealed her health ordeal
Saffron shared an update alongside a picture of her resting in bed
(Image: Saffron Barker/ Instagram)
Saffron, who was on Strictly in 2019 and partnered with AJ Pritchard, spoke about her symptoms, adding: “I had all the symptoms being, rashes all over my body, headache, body aches, shooting pains in my body, temperature, sore throat and ears etc.” In another upload, she shared a picture of her arm with a drip attached, as she revealed: “After getting my bloods taken turns out I didn’t have that but my white blood cells were half the number they should be so very low and therefore my whole body was trying to fight the infection.”
Saffron revealed what was wrong
(Image: Saffron Barker/ Instagram)
Saffron also revealed what the worrying rash on her body looked like
(Image: Saffron Barker/ Instagram)
Saffron also revealed what the rash on her body was like, showing off her arm as she wrote: “This is what the rashes looked like all over my body.” Thankfully the influencer appears to be on the mend as she gave another update from the bath, saying: “Today is the first day I have woken up and they are settling so feeling grateful.” Saffron recently enjoyed a gorgeous holiday to the Maldives, sharing plenty of stunning bikini snaps from the trip. She joked: “Hope u love these pics as much as the mosquitoes did x.”
Saffron recently enjoyed a gorgeous holiday to the Maldives, sharing plenty of stunning bikini snaps from the trip
(Image: Saffron Barker/ Instagram)
It come after the star hit back at “crazy” claims made about her recent weight loss. Saffron, who hails from Brighton, jetted to Los Angeles in June to undertake an acting course. Upon her return to the UK, her fans noticed she’d lost weight after spending six weeks in the USA, prompting speculation about whether she’d achieved her results naturally. However, the influencer has now shut down any rumours, saying she’d switched up her diet drastically while in LA, which helped her to shed the pounds. “I think it’s quite obvious that I’ve lost a lot of weight recently – well I say recently, but it’s been a gradual thing,” Saffron began. “My diet changed when I went to LA, for all the better. I don’t eat anywhere near as much sugar as I used to eat and I never felt so much better for it in my life. I used to eat so much chocolate it was unhealthy and it’s completely all about a balanced diet. I still eat sugar, there’s no way I can ever exclude sugar out of my diet, I absolutely love it, I will always have a sweet tooth.” She branded the online rumours “incredibly frustrating” and the “craziest thing I’ve ever heard”. “I’ve actually worked really hard frickin hard. Apparently nowadays you can’t lose weight without getting liposuction or being on Ozempic. It’s so frustrating, this is the only time I’m going to address it,” she said.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnStrictly Come Dancing
