Abbey Clancy has opened up about a scary health experience that left her in tears. The 37 year old model revealed she started feeling numb from the waist down and feared she had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a condition affecting the brain and spinal cord.
Speaking to her husband Peter Crouch, 42, Abbey said: "It's when I had these jeans on, they were so tight they would stop the blood where I was sitting down.
But googling it, it was MS [Multiple sclerosis]." She continued: "I'd been holding [the worry] in so much that when I got to the doctor, I went hysterical and couldn't stop crying." Luckily, doctors confirmed she didn't have MS but was likely dealing with health anxiety (hypochondria).
Peter added: "Health anxiety is a thing, she has got an issue with that, I'd like Abs to worry less. It feels like she takes on everyone's problems, It's a nice thing but it takes its toll." Hypochondria is an anxiety disorder where people constantly worry about being ill.