Capital Radio DJ Zofia Rogers revealed she has been given a life-changing health diagnosis after admitting she delayed going to the doctor for a lash appointment.

Zofia of Capital Dance fame took to her Instagram Stories and wrote: ‘Health update: After months of appointments, tests, scans and investigations I finally have a diagnosis of MS (multiple sclerosis).

‘This has come as a huge shock to me as I never expected it to be something like this, and I’ll have to have lifelong treatment to manage my symptoms and make sure it doesn’t get any worse.

‘I’m really lucky that I’ve found it super early and I only had 2 lesions on my brain so hopefully with correct treatment it will stay at a mild level.’

She concluded: ‘Although I’m mᴀssively in shock at this outcome and it wasn’t something I was expecting, I’m also relieved to finally know what’s been making me feel so unwell for so long.

Capital Radio DJ DJ Zofia Rogers has revealed a life-changing health diagnosis after admitting she ‘delayed going to the doctor for a lash appointment’

Zofia of Capital Dance fame took to social media to share with followers that she had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis after ‘months of appointments, tests and investigations’

‘I’d love to connect with other people who have MS as I’m still trying to learn and understand more of what it all looks like, and kind of wrap my head around it too.’ 

Multiple sclerosis (known as MS) is a condition in which the immune system attacks the body and causes nerve damage to the brain and spinal cord.

It is an incurable, lifelong condition. Symptoms can be mild in some, and in others more extreme causing severe disability.

Zofia later returned to her stories with a candid snap from her hospital bed and expressed how lucky she felt to have health insurance.

‘I know it can be a big cost but I verrry much recommend health insurance if you can afford it because the speed and ease of everything has been incredible’. 

She continued: ‘Funny story. I was SO convinced there was nothing wrong with me that i reanrlly cancelled my MRI scan cos I couldn’t be bothered to take out my hair extensions a they had metal in them’.

‘And I delayed my consultant appointment cos one they gave me clashed with my lash appointment, lashes first’.

She wrote: ‘Health update: After months of appointments, tests, scans and investigations I finally have a diagnosis of MS (multiple sclerosis).

WHAT IS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?

Multiple sclerosis (known as MS) is a condition in which the immune system attacks the body and causes nerve damage to the brain and spinal cord.

It is an incurable, lifelong condition. Symptoms can be mild in some, and in others more extreme causing severe disability.

MS affects 2.3 million people worldwide – including around one million in the US, and 100,000 in the UK.

It is more than twice as common in women as it is in men. A person is usually diagnosed in their 20s and 30s.

The condition is more commonly diagnosed in people of European ancestry. 

The cause isn’t clear. There may be genes ᴀssociated with it, but it is not directly hereditary. Smoking and low vitamin D levels are also linked to MS. 

Symptoms include fatigue, difficulty walking, vision problems, bladder problems, numbness or tingling, muscle stiffness and spasms, problems with balance and co-ordination, and problems with thinking, learning and planning.

The majority of sufferers will have episodes of symptoms which go away and come back, while some have ones which get gradually worse over time.

Symptoms can be managed with medication and therapy.

The condition shortens the average life expectancy by around five to 10 years.