Laura Hamilton shares painful-looking health woe while filming A Place in the Sun after sudden ‘flare up’

Taking to Instagram, Hamilton posted an image of her legs covered in bruises and revealed in the caption it was as a result of her diagnosis.

“This is ITP! Just a little flair up this week,” Hamilton penned in the caption of the photo.

She told fans: “But you won’t see it under my dress for filming. #itp #autoimmune #itpawareness.” (sic)

According to the NHS, ITP is “an autoimmune condition that causes a low platelet count”.

The NHS also states that symptoms can include “bruising, a pinprick rash of blood spots (petechiae), nosebleeds, gum bleeds, mouth blood blisters (which look dark purple or black), blood in your urine or stools, fatigue and heavy periods.”

Around six in every 100,000 adults in the UK are believed to have the condition.

Hamilton has spoken out about the disorder before, admitting she used to refuse to cover her bruises while filming the Channel 4 show

She previously told the Daily Star: “I have something called ITP, Immune thrombocytopenia, which is low platelet count in my blood, its quite an unknown disease.

The A Place in the Sun star ran the London Marathon earlier this year for the charity WellChild in memory of late co-star Jonnie Irwin.

Hamilton was raising money for the charity in honour of Irwin but after the race, she discovered scammers were still using his name to get money off of victims.

She told the Sun “I raised five and a half grand for them, but after I ran the marathon there were people saying, ‘Do you know there are people setting up scam pages’ saying I’m still fundraising for the marathon and still trying to get donations?’

“They weren’t legitimately for the charity and that just makes me feel sick that people were willing to do that when I was running.

“I had an official Just Giving page and then there are scammers that are sucking people in saying, ‘Oh yeah we’re still trying to fundraise’ and that is so terrible.”

Irwin died at the age of 50 on February 2 following a four-year cancer battle.