Chris Hughes praised for getting NAKED to raise awareness of testicular cancer on This Morning

This Morning viewers have praised Love Island's Chris Hughes after he appeared on the show this morning to raise awareness for testicular cancer. The 25-year-old spoke to Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes about the illness, having previously experience a brush with the illness.

Chris, who was joined by Dr Chris Steele MBE for a live examination on the show, said, "I was around 14 and I noticed like a build up of veins and eventually got it looked at six years later, aged 20 and they referred me to hospitals and I ended up having three operations on my left testicle, and that was more down to safety with infertility, because the veins take oxygen.

"It surrounded my left side and I had keyhole surgery in my hip region but that didn’t work and I have a big scar across my pubic region where they’ve cut in and coiled the veins off in that area to hopefully settle them down slightly."

Chris even revealed that he'd had his sperm frozen, "I did. My two brothers are completely infertile, although one brother does have a child now, it was a miracle child. But my other brother, Will, does not have a sperm in his body.

"My count was quite low but I did get some frozen. Altogether I’ve had four operations. And my cousin had testicular cancer. It was secondary because he only discovered [he had a problem] after suffering with awful stomach cramps."

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Thankfully, Dr Chris Steele added that "95%-97% of cases are curable," and that the illness is "easily detected" as long as you're checking correctly, with Chris admitting that he'd put off getting checked for a long time.

"You put things to one side with things that aren’t at the forefront of your mind," he admitted. "At 14 for me, it was just a part of my body. And because it doesn’t come with a lot of pain it’s easy to neglect. And that’s one of the issues. And my cousin didn’t notice until it had spread and then caused him pain and he had the testicle removed eventually."

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Of course, Chris was heavily praised for being brave and helping to raise awareness during the segment, with many viewers taking to Twitter to share messages of support for him. One wrote, 'Brilliant, hopefully more men will examine themselves, I do it all the time as I've been in remission for five years now after having my right testicle removed. Good on your show for showing awareness.'

Another added, 'It was great to see someone so brave to do that on live TV, I will show this to my 15 year old son', and another wrote, 'I am really glad this was shown. It's vitally important to know how to check yourself for any lumps or changes in your body, and programmes that highlight this, both for men and women, are brilliant.'

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