Love Island's Priya Golpadas opens up about her 'embarrassing' chronic condition
ok.co.ukLove Island star Priya Golpadas has opened up on her 'embarrassing' condition which causes her to have a 'chronic cough'. The 24 year old fifth year medical student, from London, who recently shared a peek inside her I taly holiday as she teased her new boyfriend, has described how the chronic lung condition, bronchiectasis, affects her everyday life.
Priya, who runs ultra marathons and starred on the 2021 series of the hit ITV2 show, described how the condition has raised eyebrows during the pandemic because a 'new, continuous cough' being a symptom of coronavirus. "When you're in an enclosed space with anyone and you're coughing, it can be really embarrassing," the medic told The Sun.
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She continued: "I've learned to explain, ‘It's a chronic cough, it's not Covid,’ and I've probably used that sentence 1,000 times!" The former Love Islander recalled how she spent two weeks in hospital with pneumonia when she was 14 years old and was constantly suffering from chest infections and colds following the infection.
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