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Comedian David Walliams is reportedly undergoing tests for Weil's disease after swimming the length of the River Thames.
The Little Britain star raised ?1m for Sport Relief by swimming 140 miles along the river from Gloucestershire to Big Ben in London over the course of eight days.
Walliams was admitted to hospital to treat a back injury following the challenge and now The Sun has reported he is being tested for the potentially fatal Weil's disease, a waterborne condition.
He is said to be displaying symptoms of the illness - including fevers and muscle pain.
"The first signs were during the swim - the sudden fever, the diarrhoea and the rash," the newspaper quotes a source as saying.
"What was especially significant was the sudden stop of the illness only to return a few days later.
"The extreme and continued muscle and joint pain and the fact he is still extremely fatigued and feverish show all the classic signs of Weil's.
"He is undergoing tests but at least he's in good hands."
Weils disease is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water that has been contaminated by animal urine to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin, the eyes, or with mucous membranes.
http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16078617
The Little Britain star raised ?1m for Sport Relief by swimming 140 miles along the river from Gloucestershire to Big Ben in London over the course of eight days.
Walliams was admitted to hospital to treat a back injury following the challenge and now The Sun has reported he is being tested for the potentially fatal Weil's disease, a waterborne condition.
He is said to be displaying symptoms of the illness - including fevers and muscle pain.
"The first signs were during the swim - the sudden fever, the diarrhoea and the rash," the newspaper quotes a source as saying.
"What was especially significant was the sudden stop of the illness only to return a few days later.
"The extreme and continued muscle and joint pain and the fact he is still extremely fatigued and feverish show all the classic signs of Weil's.
"He is undergoing tests but at least he's in good hands."
Weils disease is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water that has been contaminated by animal urine to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin, the eyes, or with mucous membranes.
http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16078617