Strictly's Adam Thomas can 'barely walk' and in pain as debilitating condition worsens

Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Adam Thomas - known for his roles connected Waterloo Road and Emmerdale - has been sharing updates with fans aft his arthritis diagnosis

Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Adam Thomas has said that helium tin "barely walk" and is experiencing "pretty unbearable" astatine the infinitesimal owed to arthritis.

The actor, 36 - who's known for his roles successful Waterloo Road and Emmerdale - antecedently shared that he was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis past year. He's since said that helium has psoriatic arthritis, which the NHS describes arsenic a "long-term information that causes associated pain, swelling and stiffness".

Adam's spoken astir symptoms and treatment options successful caller weeks. He shared an update with fans connected Instagram connected Wednesday night, successful which the erstwhile I'm A Celebrity campmate said that the symptom has been "a batch worse" lately.

Alongside a black-and-white selfie, helium wrote successful the caption: "The symptom is beauteous unbearable astatine the moment, it's arsenic if my full assemblage is seizing up!! The symptom was atrocious before, but it's a batch worse now… however why??? Now I privation I ne'er came disconnected the methotrexate due to the fact that I would instrumentality that symptom to this each time of the week!

"I've conscionable started my caller medicine contiguous which takes 12 weeks to instrumentality effect and adjacent past it mightiness not enactment truthful americium not excessively definite what I tin bash to easiness the symptom until then?? I've had my steroid injections and it virtually lasted a week ... Going to cheque successful astatine the infirmary time to spot what symptom alleviation I tin get, due to the fact that I can't transportation connected similar this!"

Adam continued: "I couldn't adjacent get dressed this greeting connected my own, couldn't thrust to work. I mean I tin hardly locomotion and my wrists and fingers consciousness similar they're breached - that's nary exaggeration! I wouldn't person got retired of furniture contiguous if it wasn't for work. It got amended passim the time with a s**tload of painkillers! But wow… these past fewer days person been scary had a small outcry to myself contiguous it tin conscionable truly get connected apical of you!"

He added: "Am not saying this for a sob communicative oregon for sympathy conscionable trying to bring consciousness to this illness and what truthful galore others are going done - the good, the atrocious [and] the disfigured … I'm fortunate I person a large enactment strategy and not galore bash truthful to anyone who is going done the aforesaid happening and is alone; I spot you you, I consciousness you!! It's going to get better. Don't springiness up. If you cognize anyone who's suffering conscionable springiness them a telephone and cheque in."

His station was met with supportive messages from his followers connected the level this week, with immoderate fans recounting their ain experiences with arthritis. Adam aboriginal reshared his station connected his Instagram Story connected Thursday and expressed gratitude for the enactment he's received. Beside a reddish bosom emoji, helium wrote: "Thank you to everyone who has checked successful and sent immoderate beauteous messages and shared immoderate proposal ... it doesn't spell unnoticed."

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