Jack Fowler: Secret illness nearly wiped me out

Jack Fowler nearly died from his secret illness earlier this year.

The \'Love Island\' star suffered from transverse myelitis - a neurological disorder that damages the spinal cord - which left him paralysed for two to three weeks.

Despite making a full recovery, he has revealed how the illness nearly "wiped [him] out" after he was also struck down with meningitis.

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Sharing a snap of himself abroad on Instagram, he wrote: "2020. What a year so far.

"Meningitis & transverse myelitis nearly wiped me out at the beginning, but feeling very blessed to be out here chasing the Sun (sic)"

A number of his famous pals reached out to him to share their best wishes and support.

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His girlfriend, Joanne Baban Morales, commented: "Deserving of every second of this proud of you for getting through so much (sic)."

Footballer Sam Cox also shared some motivational words for Jack and Joanne, writing: "Setbacks paving ways for major comebacks brother have fun the both of you (sic)".

The 24-year-old hunk previously revealed he had kept his illness hidden.

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He wrote: "Instagram, social media is absolutely fake. At the start of this year - no one knows this - I had something called transverse myelitis.

"I lost all movement in my legs and my left arm, paralysed, I was in a wheelchair for two or three weeks."

He continued to post photos of his lavish lifestyle when he was secretly getting treatment.

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Jack shared: "On my Instagram, I was having a wicked time, I was having a great time. I was in Dubai, I was in Thailand for all of the two weeks because that\'s the \'gram making it look like that.

"But realistically, I wasn\'t - I was going through the hardest time of my life. (sic)"