Marcel Somerville has told how he nearly died in hospital before doctors found what had been wrong with him. The former Love Island star, 34, was rushed off to A&E in an ambulance with a fever after he passed out.
As he fought for his life doctors discovered that he had Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), which is a serious complication of type 1 diabetes.
Marcel told OK! magazine : "I was throwing up, felt light-headed. I lost weight, my face was sunken and you could see my bones. "It was because I have Type 1 diabetes, but I only found that out in hospital when they asked, 'Do you know you’re diabetic?' I had no clue." DKA occurs when the blood sugar is very high and acidic substances called ketones build up to dangerous levels in your body and