LOVE Island star Jack Fowler has said he was left "completely paralysed" last year in a secret health battle.
The London born star has opened up about his rare diagnosis for the first time and shared a heartbreaking video with fans in which he struggles to walk.
Jack said doctors had no idea what was wrong after dozens of tests, and weeks later his symptons worsened.
"This was me a few years ago, with early signs of Transverse Myelitis," he said in a post on Instagram.
"An extremely rare condition which we think stemmed from me having Meningitis a few months before. I woke up one morning and couldn’t feel my leg.
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"Around 5 days after this video, I was completely paralysed down my left side with complete numbness down my right side - caused by inflammation across my spinal cord, blocking my central nervous system.
"With getting worse each couple hours/days and unable to move, life became completely different."
Jack, who rose to fame on Love Island's fourth season, was terrifyingly rushed to hospital in 2019 with viral meningitis after "losing his vision" and "severe headaches".
Within months he was struck down the neurological disorder.
He continued: "I needed help with everything. From cutting my food & eating to getting dressed & undressed. One of the most scariest times in my life.
"With weeks of tests and seeing the best doctors in the country, I still had no diagnoses due to the rarity of it. Which left me in the dark with what was happening to my body and also if I would ever recover.
"Without going into loads and loads of details, I started treatment and made a 100% recovery that same year.
"It took time and patience to get back to normal but with the love and support of my family & friends, I did it.
"I was a very lucky case as some people never recover."
Earlier this year he filmed Love Island The Games.
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Speaking about taking part, he added: "I know a lot of you haven’t seen over in the UK, but it was very challenging, games focused with a lot of high intense competing.
"And a big part of me doing it was to prove to myself that I could do it, even after what I had gone through.
"So really this post is more of a motivational one. Everyone has dark times in life & sometimes you don’t see how you’ll get through. But keep going. Keep focused. And don’t quit. And when you do, you’ll look back and realise how far you come."
