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Corrie's Victoria Ekanoye refused to tell mum about sickle cell disease agony

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Coronation Street star Victoria Ekanoye couldn't tell her mum about the agonising toll sickle cell disease was taking on her body.

The 37-year-old actress was diagnosed with the condition in her early 20s. As a teenager, she was had her heart set on becoming a professional athlete after excelling at the 100m sprint, netball and swimming at school.

But in a revealing interview with OK! the actress - who played struggling parent Angie Appleton on the cobbles - outlines why she hid the painful effects of the disorder from her mother.

According to the NHS, sickle cell anaemia is the most serious type of sickle cell disease, which is the name for a group of inherited health conditions that affect the red blood cells.

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