Peter Andre’s wife Emily lavishes praise on Cheryl

Peter Andre’s wife Emily MacDonagh has praised fellow mum Cheryl for a recent Instagram post.

The qualified doctor thanked Cheryl, 34, for using her celebrity profile to raise awareness for a genetic disease she believes has been under-publicised in the past.

Cheryl has been raising awareness of CMT [Credit: Instagram @cherylofficial]

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Emily, 28, wrote in her weekly magazine column she was thrilled when Cheryl raised awareness for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease on Instagram recently, sharing information about the condition with her 3.6 million followers.

Cheryl, who became a mum in March, said: “Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease damages the peripheral nerves and as time passes can make everyday activities increasingly harder to complete.

“A close friend of mine’s son was recently diagnosed and there are currently no cures for this debilitating disease.

“As it’s CMT Awareness month I wanted to share more information about it, find out more at cmt.org.uk.

“If you feel you’d like to help there’s also a section to donate!!”

Cheryl posted this heartfelt message recently [Credit: Instagram @cherylofficial]

Emily wrote in her OK! magazine column that she was happy to see Cheryl raising awareness for the disease, as it was a condition she’s been faced with during her medical career so she knows the impact it has on families.

“The condition runs in families and, when I trained, I met a lovely family who had multiple members affected by it,” she wrote.

“I also had to asses a patient with the disease in one of my final exams.

“There is currently no cure but treatments can relieve symptoms and aid mobility.

“Not many people know about CMT so it’s great that Cheryl is speaking out about it.”

Emily with husband Peter Andre [Credit: FameFlynet]

According to the NHS website, symptoms for CMT can include muscle weakness in the feet, ankles, legs and hands, highly arched or very flat feet, and numbness in the feet, arms and hands.

It’s a progressive condition which means symptoms slowly get worse.

Cheryl’s Instagram post about the condition struck a particular chord with fans as she very rarely uploads to social media these days, having largely retreated from the limelight since giving birth to son Bear in March.

The star has largely avoided the limelight since giving birth in March [Credit: Instagram @cherylofficial]

Emily, meanwhile, said in June that she was still deciding which branch of medicine to specialise in,

The junior doctor said she’s still mulling it over between pursuing a GP role or going into psychiatry, but has another year until she needs to make her choice.

She recently returned to work after giving birth to her second child, son Theo, in November.

Emily is a qualified doctor [Credit: ITV]

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Writing in her OK mag column at the time, she said: “At the moment it’s looking like I’ll be doing another psychiatry job, working in intensive care and on the acute medical unit (AMU), which runs alongside A&E.

“AMU will be a really good learning opportunity as I should see a bit of everything, so I’m excited to get my practice back up to scratch!

“I’m currently weighing up whether I’d like a career in psychiatry or if I want to become a GP, but I’m in no rush as I’ve got another year before I have to start applying for speciality training.”

Best of luck!