Rhian Sugden has shared the distressing news that she has quinsy – a ‘Victorian disease’ that has left her in ‘absolute agony’.

The lingerie model, 38, admitted that even though she has a ‘quite a high pain threshold’, the discomfort she is feeling is ‘something else’.

In a follow-up post, she shared a photograph of herself in a hospital room to let fans know that her health has taken yet another turn.

She said: ‘So I’ve just been back to the doctors because my throat is in absolute agony. I think I’ve got quite a high pain threshold, but this is something else.

‘I’ve got Quinsy. I thought that was a Victorian disease, but oh my god, if anyone’s ever had it, oh god, I can’t even. It hurts to even open my mouth.’

Rhian captioned the hospital snap of herself: ‘Quinsy: 1, Rhian: 0’.

Sadly, this is not the only health woe the star is dealing with, and in the video announcing her diagnosis, she said her son is also not in the best health.

She added: ‘My little man, George, is up in A&E with possible measles, so I don’t know where we’ve been hanging about, but we won’t be going out again.’

The NHS describes quinsy as a bacterial infection that starts in one tonsil then spreads to the space around the tonsil ‘pushing the tonsil inwards and making the soft palate bulge.’

Those with the illness, which responds well to antibiotics, typically struggle to open their mouths more than a centimetre or two.

Measles, meanwhile, is a viral infection, also common in children, that’s characterised by a distinct rash, fever, and cough.

Both illnesses can be passed from person to person.

Rhian’s health woes come after she recently hit back at trolls who criticised her decision to have a breast reduction.

She explained alongside a bikini snap: ‘It’s actually quite shameful that I’m actually writing a caption to JUSTIFY what I’m doing with MY body.

’12 months ago before I got pregnant my boobs were large, but still at a manageable size of a DD/E cup.

‘After having a baby, my size has increased to an F and I’m spilling out of my bras even at that size. I’m having an uplift and a reduction.

‘Boob experts (men) are messaging me telling me to just lose weight and they’ll shrink. Look at me!?? I’m the size I was yet despite your professional advice my melons haven’t shrunk. Who’d have thought?’

She added: ‘My back hurts. I long to wear backless dresses. Buy sexy lingerie, wear no bra when I go out, run, swim without them falling out of my swimsuit. They don’t make me happy this big.

‘It’s MY body. It’s my Happiness and it’s MY choice.’