McFly’s Tom Fletcher rushed to hospital in agony and shares snaps from A&E
MCFLY star Tom Fletcher was rushed to hospital over the Easter weekend.
The singer, 37, was left in agony thanks to a debilitating eye condition and had to receive urgent medical attention.
Tom shared a series of snaps of himself sitting in the emergency department as he waited to receive treatment from medics.
One image showed him sitting in the A&E waiting room, while another showed the McFly singer posing for the camera with a noticeably droopy eye.
Updating fans after his health scare, Tom revealed: “Home. Another 6 weeks of steroid eye drops here we go.”
The following day, he added: “I’ve literally been asleep all day. Just woken up.
Read More on Tom Fletcher
“Third time I’ve had Uveitis and each time it’s wiped me out like this.”
Last year, Tom was diagnosed with debilitating condition Uveitis after suffering a similar scare in the run up to Christmas.
The NHS describes uveitis as inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, called the uvea or uveal tract.
Symptoms include eye pain, redness and changes to a person's vision, such as blurry or cloudy eyesight.
The main treatment for the condition is steroids, often in the form of eye drops.
The day before falling ill, Tom delighted fans as he stripped off to his pants and jumped in the pond in he and wife Giovanna Fletcher's garden.
He captioned the hilarious video: “No tadpoles were harmed in the making of this video. The kids have said it’s @mrsgifletcher’s turn when she gets home tomorrow.”
What is Uveitis?
According to the NHS, Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, called the uvea or uveal tract. It can cause eye pain and changes to your vision.
Most cases get better with treatment – usually steroid medicine. But sometimes uveitis can lead to further eye problems such as glaucoma and cataracts.
be.
Symptoms include eye pain, eye redness, sensitivity to light (photophobia), blurred or cloudy vision, small shapes moving across your field of vision (floaters) and the loss of the ability to see objects at the side of your field of vision (peripheral vision).
Many cases of uveitis are linked to a problem with the immune system (the body's defence against illness and infection). For unknown reasons, the immune system can become overactive in the eye.