ACTRESS Gemma Atkinson has revealed that her six-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with a life-changing health conditon.
The former soap star confirmed that Mia, whom she shares with her Strictly star partner, Gorka Marquez, has epilepsy.
Gemma revealed Mia was diagnosed with the condition after suffering a number of seizures.
During an episode of her podcast, Gemma further clarified that Mia is already receiving treatment for the condition.
The ex-Emmerdale star said: "My daughter is under treatment for epilepsy.
"She has the absence seizures, she doesn't fit or anything, it's just a stare out and they've got so much better, a year in."
She added: "When I was told that I was like, 'right I need to research, research, research' and I went down a rabbit hole."
The star, who met fiance Gorka when she was a contestant on Strictly, revealed that doctors had advised putting Mia on the keto diet in a bid to help with the condition.
Gemma said: "The keto diet was designed for patients with epilepsy because it re-wires their brain function.
"The doctor told me, 'If you can get her on a keto diet, it could help with brain function'.
"The improvement that we've had, I mean we're constantly monitoring but the last six months she's had none, touch wood."
Epilepsy is a condition of the brain which can disrupt the electrical communication between neurons in the nervous system.
This often leads to seizures, a sudden event that can change a person's awareness, behaviour or feeling.
The condition is typically diagnosed when a person has two or more unprovoked fits separated by at least 24 hours.
Epilepsy can begin at any age, but it tends to affect people either in early childhood or who are older than 60.
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