A River City star has issued a plea on social media to not ignore worrying symptoms and to always go to your doctor if you feel there is something wrong.
It comes as Iain Robertson, who plays Stevie O'Hara in the BBC's Scottish television soap opera, snapped a photo of himself in hospital and later issued the plea to social media.
In the tweet he explained that it was an issue that he had been dealing with for "years" as he thanked the staff at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for taking care of him and dealing with the problem "swiftly".
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The tweet reads: "Found myself an unexpected guest of the NHS this week. Firstly I’d really like to thank the amazing nurses - they really were amazing btw and the doctors and staff at the QEUH who took amazing care of me and so swiftly dealt with problem.
"But also it’s worth saying to folk (particularly guys my age), that this was a recurring intermittent infection that I had been dealing with myself for (literally) years & not wanting to bother the doctor with. In a matter of hours from showing GP - I was on an operating table.
He added another plea in capital letters tweeting: "GO SEE YER DOCTORS LADS!"
It's unknown the exact reason he was rushed to hospital nor how Iain is currently. However many people have been wishing him a speedy recovery with the message hitting home for a lot of people.
In response to his tweets one said: "Aw Iain, I am so sorry to see this. Hopefully folk will take on board your advice as so many of us often don't want to 'bother' the doctor. I wish you a really speedy, full recovery. It's so good to see you are being well looked after!"
Another added: "This resonated with me. Hope you're on the mend, Iain. I ignored a chest infection post-COVID for a month & thankfully starting to feel better now following the selection box I got from the doctors last week. May not have needed as much if I'd got it seen to earlier."
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