The problem first became apparent in his teenage years and has gradually become more serious since then
A Coronation Street star has spoke about the challenges they face after a tough medical diagnosis. Actor Rob Mallard - who plays Daniel Osbourne in the long-running soap - was on BBC 's Morning Live today .
"Because they told me there was nothing I could do about it, I just put it to the back of my mind and tried to forget about it. It wasn’t until I got into my early 20s that it progressed and really got worse that I thought I should really look into this. That was when I really got the full scope of it and realised it could be quite degenerative over time."
"Then they gave me the job and that was what led to Coronation Street. It almost cut me off at that point, but if I hadn’t been honest about it, I might not have got the job." "Then I was in a position where I had been hiding this because I thought it was going to stop me doing work whereas now, because I have not been honest about it, the assumptions are getting even worse so I’ve got to make a choice here and I came back and said what it was. It’s an essential tremor, it’s more common than you think, people think it’s an older-people thing and I just found being honest about it has been the best policy.
Essential tremor does have a familial link, with Rob saying that there is roughly a 60 per cent chance of having it if a family member has it. Rob said that, although his mum does not have an official diagnosis like he does, she does have a tremor.
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