Coronation Street legend reveals health scare: ‘I was struggling to breathe’
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Coronation Street’s Lucy-Jo Hudson has opened up about her recent health scare, which left her ‘struggling to breathe’.
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The actress, who was in a relationship with I’m A Celebrity’s Alan Halsall, portrayed Katy Harris in the ITV soap and Donna-Marie Quinn in Hollyoaks. Last year, Lucy revealed that she needed two blood transfusions after being rushed to A&E because her ‘HB levels were that dangerously low’.
![[Adele speaks to Stevie in the ED in Casualty]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/500585-941b.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
She took to Instagram to open up about this shortly after, and confirmed to followers that she has chronic anaemia. Recently, the star appeared on Good Morning Britain to talk about her latest acting role, which will see her feature in the upcoming Casualty Christmas special.
She also went into more detail about her health worries, explaining she initially thought her symptoms were down to perimenopause. ‘I just thought I wasn’t feeling quite’, she said. ‘I turned 40 and wondered if it was perimenopause. I got tested and had chronic anaemia. I was struggling breathing. It effected my body and brain.
I had a couple of blood transfusions. The star added: ‘I’m throwing it away casually, but it was quite serious. I had six pints of blood [with the average being around 10 pints].’. The importance of blood will be the focus for the Christmas instalment of Casualty this year.
