The Traitors spin-off host, Ed Gamble, had his whole world changed when he was just 13 years old. The youngster caught a nasty cold, but a more serious diagnosis came off the back of it.
Predictably, he suffered from a painful throat and streaming nose, among other flu-like symptoms. However, he later found out that he was actually diabetic. “What can happen is the immune system attacks the virus and then short-circuits and keeps on killing things,” Ed previously explained. “In my case they think it went after the enzymes in my pancreas, which release insulin.” Whilst most Type 1 diabetics only learn they have the condition when they’re rushed to hospital with dangerously high blood sugar levels, he was fortunate his mother identified his symptoms early. Ed, 33, who frequently appears on panel shows such as Mock the Week, said: “Mum used to be a nurse and was a health visitor at the time, so she noticed I was peeing a lot and thirsty all the time.
