The X Factor star Myles Stephenson has revealed he was temporarily hospitalised due to a heart condition.
Posting to his Instagram stories on Friday (October 7), the Rak-Su singer, 31, alarmed fans by sharing a photo of his bare chest hooked up to an number of wires and probes.
In a series of later videos, Myles explained that he underwent a series of routine tests, having previously been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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The disease sees the heart muscles become thickened which can lead to several complications if left unchecked, including heart failure and death.
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Reassuring fans, Myles said: “I am ok.
“I have a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which basically means in a nutshell that my heart walls are too thick and it can cause problems pumping blood around my body.
“So I have yearly check-ups.
“This is all very new to me as well so I am still working out what I need to do and how I have to carry myself now with regards to my heart and how much exercise I can do and stuff like that.”
(Image: @mylesraksu)
Myles also revealed that while his fitness test was cut short as his blood pressure was deemed “dangerously high”, his general health is “all good”.
He added: “I am all good, not to worry, it’s very new to me, I am trying to understand what is going on.”
Myles rose to fame as a member of The X Factor band Rak-Su, who won the fourteenth series of the show in 2017.
After parting ways with their record label Syco in 2018, the group officially disbanded in 2020.
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Following his The X Factor success, Myles appeared on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2019.
His latest health scare follows the Dimelo singer being rushed to hospital in February 2020.
Myles suffered serious injuries including cracked ribs and a punctured spleen in a horror snowboarding accident in France.
Following his recovery, Myles welcomed his child Shiloh with his girlfriend Keli Hall last year, with the couple recently announcing their second pregnancy.
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