Emily Andres Health Update After Shingles Diagnosis

Peter Andre's wife Emily MacDonagh has shared a health update with fans after revealing she had been . 

The doctor, 36, who is married to singer , 53, took to Instagram on Friday to answer some of the most common questions from her previous video - including symptoms, treatment, when to seek help and how the condition can spread.

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.

Sharing a video with her followers, she said: 'Hi everyone, I wanted to say first of all thank you so much to everyone who watched my video about shingles. I'm really glad it was helpful for some of you and also to raise some awareness. 

'There was some really good questions in the comments, so I thought I'd use this as an opportunity to answer some of them.' 

After concluding her Q&A, she shared a health update with followers, saying: 'Thank you so much again to everyone who sent in questions, I hope that was helpful, and lots of you had asked how I'm feeling, and I'm definitely feeling better. 

'I had some treatment myself, and that was for a week, and it's worked really well, I've still got a little bit of pain left, but feeling much much better, so thank you, everyone, for your kind messages and concern.' 

It comes after Emily revealed she has shingles as she shared her painful symptoms with fans on social media.

The doctor shared a candid video last 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 woollen 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. 

'I hope that as helpful, stay well everyone.' 

Emily was flooded with well wishes from fans, who 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.'

On Friday, Emily took to her Instagram to answer a series of common questions from her previous video. 

The first comment read: 'Worth mentioning that you can get treatment quickly from a pharmacist in England in most cases.'

Responding to the comment, Emily replied: 'That is absolutely correct, and thank you so much for flagging it. If you're over 18 and you've got symptoms of shingles, see your pharmacist,

She continued: 'Because if they think treatments needed, they can prescribe the same treatment that your GP would also use.'

Another comment read: 'It's funny the deep feeling of shingles stays for so long once it heals - I had it at 17 and now in my 60s and somehow I still feel tender sometimes in that area. The body really does remember. Also, I guess very important to wash hands if you have been touching it.

They continued: 'I remember I didn't know what it was back then and I kept touching it! It wasn't diagnosed for a while I thought I had backne!'

Responding to the comment, Emily said: 'So I wonder if you're describing something called postherpetic neuralgia. It's very common after you've had shingles, and it basically affects the area of the body where you had the shingles rash.

'So postherpetic neuralgia is a long-lasting pain, it usually gets better gradually, and there are treatments that can help.