Love Island -star Toni Laites is known for its brash and honest opinions about colleague -cast partners.
But under the hard exterior she fights against a devastating condition that endangers her in deadly colon cancer.
The 24-year-old from Connecticut in the US, who has seen a rocky romance with co-star Harrison Solomon, was diagnosed in 2017 with ulcerative colitis of chronic intestinal diseases.
The disease, which entails serious and painful inflammation in the intestine, saw the waitress in Las Vegas publish The day of her Prom in the hospital for an emergency transfusion to save her life.
Now she appears in the show to show viewers that not all diseases are visible, but they don’t have to stop you, “she said in a recent interview with ITV.
Common symptoms of the condition, which affects about 300,000 people in the UK, include debilitating diarrhea, abdominal pain, extreme fatigue, loss of appetite and weight loss.
Symptoms can also worsen and influence other parts of the body, causing fat under the skin, painful joints and even weakened bones.
Most concerns, patients also have an increased risk of colon cancer, where the risk becomes more serious, the longer a patient with the disease has lived.
Antonia Laites (photo), a pool girl from Las Vegas, previously made the headlines before she entered the show when she spoke about her continuous health struggle
The severity of the symptoms can vary, depending on how much of the rectum and the colon are inflamed. For some people it can have a significant impact on their daily lives, says the NHS
Living with the condition for 30 years can increase the risk of colon cancer by 18 percent, according to studies.
About 32,000 cases of colon cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year, with the percentages of the deadly disease that rises in less than 50.
Before he enters the Love Island Villa, Mrs. Laites, who by experiencing Toni, admitted that she made the headlines in local newspapers at the age of 17 after opening her condition.
She said ITV: ‘I had to go to the hospital in the same week as my senior prom Prom for a blood transfusion.
“Nothing so exciting happens in Connecticut, so it was a big problem and a few articles were written about me.”
Although Mrs. Laites did not say why she needed the transfusion, colitis patients run an increased risk of developing anemia-a serious iron deficiency in the blood that can cause life-threatening problems.
This is done by inflammation in the colon that can prevent the body from absorbing iron correctly, as well as internal bleeding caused by the disease.
A blood transfusion is the most common treatment for severe anemia.
Toni said she hopes that in the show people will prove that, although not all diseases are visible
Colon cancer can cause blood in the stool, a change in intestinal habits and abdominal pain. Often people with ulcerative colitis do not realize that they have the disease because of the overlap in symptoms
According to the British Crohn’s and Colitis UK -Love Institute, the disease is usually diagnosed in people between 15 and 25 years old.
Although the condition cannot be cured, the treatment can help to alleviate the symptoms during a flare -up and prevent symptoms from returning.
This can be achieved through medicine treatments, but in some cases surgery – where some intestine is removed.
This means that the small intestine is derived from an opening in the abdomen that is known as a stoma.
This operation can also be used to support the recovery after removing cancer cells from the intestine.
The story of Mrs. Laites comes in the midst of an increase in cases of colon cancer among young people – many of whom is perfect fit and healthy.
Although research still has to identify a specific smoking gun, groups of scientists have set a variety of theories, including rising obesity levels, bad diets and microplastic pollution.
Common symptoms of the disease include that you have to go to the toilet with more urgency, rectal bleeding, blood in the stool – which can appear in color red or black – and change them into consistency.
Scientists have now developed a tablet that could eliminate painful symptoms for patients with severe bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis
Some patients may also experience abdominal pain, bloated feeling and inexplicable weight loss.
According to the NHS, many patients with ulcerative colitis are often not aware that they also have colon cancer, because the first symptoms are very similar.
However, people with the condition will be offered regular checks to look for tell-language signs of colon cancer, so that doctors can diagnose the disease early.
In general, it is expected that just over half of the colon cancer patients will live ten years after their diagnosis, with 90 percent of the people diagnosed in stage 1 for at least five years.
It is because patients of ulcerative colitis must benefit from a new medicine that can eliminate in just three months of debilitating symptoms
The JAB once a month delivers a medicine that binds to immune cells that cause the damage, which significantly reduces the symptoms.
Earlier this month, the watchdog of Medicines, the regulatory body of medicines and health care, gave the green light for Guselkumab to be prescribed in the UK to patients who have not responded to other treatments.
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