Emily MacDonagh reveals shingles diagnosis and recovery update

Emily MacDonagh, the wife of Peter Andre, has told her followers that she has been diagnosed with shingles. 

The doctor, 36, who is married to singer Peter Andre, 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.