Strictly’s Adam Thomas grimaces in pain and tells fans ‘I need help’ after life changing health diagnosis

ADAM Thomas has begged fans for assistance aft his arthritis resulted successful a caller wellness issue.

The erstwhile Emmerdale histrion and Strictly prima revealed astatine the opening of October that helium had been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, leaving him struggling to walk.

Now there's adjacent much caller symptoms for the 36-year-old to grapple with, tegument information psoriasis - autoimmune illness that causes patches of tegument to go inflamed, scaly, and itchy.

Taking to Instagram for assistance, Adam shared a representation from his furniture wherever helium looks successful symptom and irritation portion moving his manus done his hair.

He wrote successful the caption: "My arthritis journey: Ok I request help!!!! So with the arthritis that I’ve got which psoriatic arthritis 1 of the symptoms that comes with this is simply a tegument information called psoriasis!

"It utilized to beryllium each implicit my assemblage and look inactive is connected places but truly endure with it connected my scalp.

"I’ve tried perfectly everything ! If anyone has had this oregon got this and tin urge immoderate shampoos oregon creams to assistance preferably earthy I would truly admit it convey you x"

Emily Atack was speedy to connection words of proposal and support, saying: "Steroid pick from the docs!!! Worked WONDERS for me. You comb it into your hairsbreadth similar a permission successful conditioner. I’ll nonstop you a pic of it."

Beauty blogger Zoe Johnson added: "Coconut lipid and a driblet of peppermint near connected overnight saves the time for excavation x"

Another 1 of his followers told him: "I had truly atrocious psoriasis successful my scalp too, was nether dermatology.. the lone shampoos that worked were Nizarol, polytar oregon tgel. Out of each of them I would accidental polytar was the best! x"

Adam revealed successful October that he's been successful symptom "every day" for the past 2 years arsenic helium prepared to acquisition caller injection treatment.

Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis successful 2023, Adam was seen screaming successful symptom arsenic helium got steroid injections.

He aboriginal explained the broadside effects of methotrexate injections became "just excessively much" for him, prompting him to question assistance elsewhere.

He added that his clip connected Strictly past twelvemonth near him successful agony arsenic helium tried to screen up the symptom helium was in.

"Over 2 years I’ve been successful symptom EVERYDAY and arsenic you tin ideate it decidedly takes its toll," helium wrote astatine the time.

"The lone clip I tin deliberation of, that I’ve not been symptom free, is erstwhile I was doing Strictly… 4 to 5 weeks successful the symptom was unbearable to the constituent I couldn’t physically transportation connected anymore I was putting connected a brave face, but truly I was suffering!"

"Even though I was successful symptom and physically I was suffering, successful my caput I wanted to support going and the squad astatine Strictly mentioned steroid injections to assistance easiness the symptom a small and it worked massively!!!

"I was inactive s**t astatine dancing but the symptom had eased off. And truthful I'll beryllium honorable I conscionable request immoderate breathing abstraction again to consciousness mean again and truthful that’s what I’ve had again today! So fingers crossed! I cognize it’s nary cure but it conscionable gives maine a small clip until the different meds footwear in!"

The dada of 3 past urged his followers and chap sufferers to "stay strong."