Coronation Street's Rob Mallard has said his health condition has "got worse".
The soap star is renowned for his role as Daniel Osbourne on the Cobbles. The 30-year-old has previously opened up on his battle with essential tremors.
The neurological disorder is often confused with Parkinson's disease and causes parts of the body to shake. Rob was first diagnosed with the condition when he was 14, but didn't realise how "serious" the condition was until he was "in his mid 20s".
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The actor has spoken to the Express and revealed the condition is getting worse. He said: "It used to just be my hand but now the whole of my arm shakes, my legs shake, the back of my neck and head shake. It looks like I'm saying ‘no’ to everything all the time.”
Rob said he is determined to not let his condition affect his performance in Corrie. He said: "I manage it with humour really, because if you don't, it can get frustrating. You get very wound up in yourself so I just kind of take it with a humorous perspective.
“With work, they're all aware of it. If there's something that comes up or if I need to do something I'll usually just practice and practice and practice. But if I do shake and it's very obvious I'll just stop and say ‘can I go again?’
The soap star was praised when he went went public with his condition four years ago during an interview with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. Rob is proud to have helped helped raise awareness on essential tremors.
He said: "It's strange to think that you have had some sort of effect on people when you don't know them. But there are plenty of young people when I'm just out and about who will come up to me and just put their hand up in front of my face and say ‘I’ve got it too!’
“It’s like a sort of secret handshake. And a few people have said that they found out more information about essential tremor after watching that This Morning interview. In terms of that, it's a good thing.”
Along with having his own tools to manage his tremor, Rob spoke about a treatment known as magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) which is described by the BTF as a “safe, cost effective and incisionless procedure for the treatment of essential tremor.”
The effectiveness of the treatment from trials has meant that NHS England are now determined to offer the treatment as a service for patients. When asked if he would consider MRgFUS for his own condition, Rob said: “Oh yeah! I mean, I feel like I'm not quite at the stage where I'm ready for it.
"Because after treatment the tremor can come back. It's one of those things that I think you leave it for as long as possible. But yeah, definitely as I get older, if it is something that I hope to be able to get access to.”
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