Goggleboxs Steph Parker lifts lid on terrifying double pneumonia battle and heart infection
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Goggleboxs Steph Parker has revealed she battled double pneumonia and a heart infection last year.
The television personality and her husband Dom joined Lorraine Kelly this morning where she explained that her horrifying health ordeal happened at Christmas and forced her to reevaluate her life.
It was all very terrifying, Steph, 52, recalled. But it does give you a boot and make you reevaluate your life because time is short and precious.
She added to Lorraine: Im feeling a lot better, thank you.
Double pneumonia is a lung infection that affects both of your lungs, making the air sacs or the alveoli fill with fluid or pus. This inflammation makes it hard to breathe.
According to Healthline: You can catch pneumonia by coming into contact with infectious viruses or breathing in infectious air droplets.
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If its not treated, any pneumonia can be life-threatening.
Television favourites Steph and Dom joined the sofa to discuss their new showThe Great Hotel Escape, which sees the couple meet families whove risked everything to turn their dream of running a hotel into a reality.
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The premise is that we tell them what not to do, rather than what to do because were not experts, Steph explained.
We made it up as we went along, very much so. It is important we give them the confidence to try things and move forward.
Back in January, the husband and wife invited cameras into their home to show theyre fighting a battle to help save their 18-year-old son Max, who suffers from severe epilepsy and autism.
I think hes probably a lot more aware of his environment, Steph said of his progress, adding that hes on an early access programme to get cannabis oil treatment.
Lorraine airs weekdays at 8.30am on ITV.
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