Loose Women star Kaye Adams has revealed that she suffered a health scare right before going live with the show.
The presenter took to Instagram to share how she experienced a sudden hearing loss last Friday (January 19), minutes before going on air. The "terrified" host managed to get through the programme, and finally went to A&E in Glasgow the following day where she discovered it was nothing more than an earwax lump.
"I've had the most traumatic 48 hours," she said in a clip posted online.
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"On Friday when I was doing Loose Women, minutes before we went on air, my right ear just went dead. I put my earpiece in, there was no sound. I couldn't hear a thing," she said, adding: "I was absolutely terrified."
Adams continued: "Got through the programme, got home panicking, I couldn't hear anything."
The next day, she went for a hospital checkup and for further exams, including an audiogram, and was relieved to find out it was just a build-up of earwax.
"I'm very melodramatic," Adams admitted, explaining she'd gone as far as imagining the worst-case scenarios.
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"I am so relieved it was nothing more than a lump of ear wax, but if you personally are dealing with any kind of hearing loss I truly urge you to get it checked out," she shared in the caption, thanking the professionals who assisted her.
"Everyone [who] helped me was amazing and whatever the outcome is for you there's so much help and support available."
Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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