I’m battling the same disease that killed my co-star’s sister, reveals A Place in the Sun’s Laura Hamilton

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LAURA Hamilton has opened up about fighting the same disease that kill her co-star's sister. The presenter, best known for fronting A Place in the Sun, suffers from immune thrombocytopenia - a disorder that can lead to excessive bruising and bleeding.

The bleeding results from unusually low levels of platelets - the cells that help blood clot. Laura recently opened up about how her health is doing in a candid interview and spoke about her condition. "I have something called ITP, Immune thrombocytopenia, which is low platelets count in my blood its quite an unknown disease," she told the Daily Star. "It sort of flares ups and downs depending on what's going on with my life and stress often brings it out." READ MORE ON LAURA HAMILTONCALENDAR GIRLS A Place in the Sun's Laura Hamilton teases sexy calendar shoot with co-starsAWKWARD A Place in the Sun's Laura Hamilton forced to flee set after wardrobe blunder Laura continued: "It was really mad a year ago I was filming A Place In The Sun with a lovely couple in France - Mark and Janine - and I just stood there and I had an insect bite on my leg and I started scratching it. "I was like, 'Oh, I shouldn't have done that because I'm gonna have bruises on my leg from ITP.'" Laura then learned that her co-star's sister had died from the condition.

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