{"id":382196,"date":"2026-04-04T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/382196\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:10:12","slug":"emily-andre-undergoes-treatment-after-unexpected-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/382196\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Andre undergoes treatment after ‘unexpected diagnosis’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After experiencing painful symptoms, Dr Emily Andre has been diagnosed with shingles.<\/p>\n

For most healthy adults, shingles isn’t life-threatening, but it can cause serious complications in those with weakened immune systems.<\/p>\n

Emily, who shares three children \u2014 Theo, Amelia, and Arabella- with her husband, Peter Andre<\/a>, and is step-mum to Peter’s children, Junior and Princess, is hoping to raise awareness.<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Emily Andre\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Emily has shared an update with her followers after undergoing treatment for her shingles, saying: ‘Thank you so much again to everyone who sent in questions. I hope that was helpful, and lots of you had asked how I’m feeling, and I’m definitely feeling better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I had some treatment myself, and that was for a week, and it’s worked really well. I’ve still got a little bit of pain left, but feeling much, much better, so thank you, everyone, for your kind messages and concern.’<\/p>\n

In a candid video last Friday, Emily said: ‘A little health update, this week I was unexpectedly diagnosed with shingles. So I thought I\u2019d do a quick video to explain what it is, in the hope it helps raise awareness for anyone who might not be familiar.’<\/p>\n

\"EmilyEmily Andre, Junior Andre, Princess Andre and Peter Andre attend the Pride Of Britain Awards 2025.
Pic: Mike Marsland\/WireImage<\/p>\n

‘I noticed a pain and just odd sensations under my arm here, and then a couple of days later the rash appeared on my back on one side.<\/p>\n

‘It’s definitely not something I expected to be dealing with, but hopefully sharing this does raise some awareness,’ Emily continued.<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three later signed off: ‘As for me, I’m kind of hoping to start feeling better soon and back to myself. I hope that was helpful. Stay well, everyone.’<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Emily Andre\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. It’s the same virus that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox.<\/p>\n

Once a person is infected, the virus stays dormant in the body, but if the immune system is temporarily weakened, it can reactivate.<\/p>\n

Dr Emily MBChB BSc, told her followers: ‘In short, shingles<\/a> is an infection that causes a painful rash. One of the most common questions is whether it\u2019s contagious.<\/p>\n

\"\"Peter and Emily Andre. Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n

‘You can\u2019t pass shingles on to someone else, but you can pass on chickenpox to someone who hasn\u2019t had it before or hasn\u2019t been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s best to avoid contact with: anyone who is pregnant and hasn\u2019t had chickenpox before, people with a weakened immune system (for example, those having chemotherapy), and babies under one month old.’<\/p>\n

\"PeterPeter and Emily Andre. Pic: Peter Andre Instagram <\/p>\n

‘Let\u2019s just say\u2026 not exactly how I planned to spend the week, but a good reminder to listen to your body and get things checked if something doesn\u2019t feel right,’ Emily urged.<\/p>\n

Emily’s fans praised her for being so candid and for sharing information about shingles. <\/p>\n

‘Hope you’re on the mend soon,’ wrote one person, while someone else said: ‘Wishing you a very speedy recovery, Emily, and thank you for the info on shingles.’<\/p>\n

Watch Emily Andre’s video below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After experiencing painful symptoms, Dr Emily Andre has been diagnosed with shingles. For most healthy adults, shingles isn’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-382196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}