Frankie Bridge, 36, reveals secret health battle in candid video as she opens up about 'awful' illness that has 'completely wiped her out'
Frankie Bridge has revealed that she has been suffering from an 'awful' illness that has left her 'completely wiped out' as she opened up about her secret health battle.
The Loose Women star, 36, took to Instagram on Thursday to open up to her 1.5million followers as she explained that she has been suffering from gastroenteritis.
In the candid video, Frankie revealed that her 'immunity has been so bad' after suffering from gastroenteritis - an inflammation of the stomach - back-to-back.
The singer, who was dressed beige T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, said she has been having other 'tests done' and has also been on 'antibiotics for a bad tooth'.
Speaking from her kitchen, Frankie shared: 'Hi guys it's been a little while and I've said a couple of time that I've been ill a lot lately so I thought I would give you an update.
'I've basically had gastroenteritis twice back to back. Which I very rarely get to be honest and it has completely wiped me out and been awful. I feel like my gut has massively suffered and it feels still really fragile.'
According to the NHS, gastroenteritis is a common inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites.
It typically manifests with symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and stomach cramps, but can also include fever, fatigue, and headache.
Frankie continued: 'My immunity has been so bad and all while that has been going on I've been having tests done and I couldn't take my daily Symprove.
'On top of all of this I've been on antibiotics because I've had a bad tooth and I feel like I've noticed a massive difference in my immunity.'
The Saturday's star concluded by telling fans she has since been 'given the all clear' by doctors.
She added: 'I'm finally over it and I'm hoping it's the last time because I've been given the all clear to get back into my daily routine. I'm happy to be back and it's nice to be back in a routine.'
Elsewhere, Frankie recently confessed some of her biggest regrets during her height of fame as part of The Saturdays girl band.
She rose to fame alongside Rochelle Humes, Una Healy, Mollie King and Vanessa White in 2007.
The band was formed after they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the television series S Club Search to appear as a support act for the pop band.
The Loose Women star opened up to her 1.5million followers in a candid video as she explained that she has been suffering from gastroenteritis
But she told The Savoy Originals podcast that she 'didn't like' all the singles they produced during their height of success.
She said: 'It wouldn't matter if you didn't like a single, that single was coming out whether you liked it or not.
'There's a few singles that don't exist in my head because I didn't like them, and you have to still go on TV and say, 'Buy this single, it's the greatest song ever, and perform it, whether you like it or not.
'And that's fine because some of them you like and some of them you don't.'
The singer-turned-TV star also revealed she did not earn enough money to retire despite all the group's success.
The mother of two previously explained she began to feel like 'two different people' during her time in the group and would have to switch on her public persona while out with the band.
Speaking on Olivia Attwood 's S o Wrong, It's Right podcast, Frankie spoke about suffering from anxiety since she shot to stardom at a young age in S Club Juniors.
Frankie said: 'I didn't go to school. We were home-schooled while we're on the road. I get really confused and lost in the time, I think I was like 15, 15 when S Club Juniors finished and then the Saturdays started when I was 17.
'So, it was a little gap and I had a couple of like normal jobs in between.'
She said: 'I think pop music and TV and that kind of thing in the public eye, no matter how successful you are, the minute you stop doing it, everyone sees you as a failure.
'I always had stomach aches. Can you remember Pepto Bismol, the medicine, the pink horrible stuff?
'That would be in my bag every day because I always had a funny tummy, like nervous stomach.
At bedtime I couldn't breathe properly and things like that. So I think the anxiety was there but I didn't know what it was.'
She continued: 'I'd have blood tests all the time and things like that and obviously nothing ever came back and then it wasn't what it is now, do you know what I mean?
'But I for me, the first time I realized that it was a proper issue was actually in the Saturdays.
'And I think for a while I'd been coming home from work, going straight to bed, not wanting dinner, just wanting to go to bed, cry, go to sleep.
'Bed was a safe space. But I didn't realize that that was not okay. And it wasn't until we were on tour and we used to do meet and greets before the show and I remember gathering myself outside the door.
Taking a deep breath and thinking, right, be Frankie from the Saturdays.'
What is gastroenteritis?
According to the NHS, Gastroenteritis is a very common condition that causes diarrhoea and vomiting. It's usually caused by a bacterial or viral tummy bug.
Symptoms:
sudden, watery diarrhoea
feeling sick
vomiting, which can be projectile
a mild fever
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