Coronation Street star Rob Mallard 'didn't understand implications' of hidden health condition where 'nothing' can be done

Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has opened up about the hidden health condition he has which he says he 'didn't under the implications of' until years after his diagnosis.

The 31-year-old has also recently spoken about his 'worsening' health condition that is often misunderstood as it led to him getting a new role away from Weatherfield. Rob has an essential tremor - a nervous system (neurological) disorder that causes involuntary and rhythmic shaking which can affect almost any part of your body, but mostly occurs in the hands.

The actor, known for playing Daniel Osbourne in the ITV soap, previously said of the condition: "I was diagnosed with an essential tremor when I was 14 but I didn't quite realise how serious it was until I was in my mid-20's... You assume with shaking it's an old person's thing and most older people do have a slight tremor.

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"But it's actually amazingly common in young people and it's often misdiagnosed as anxiety disorders or people on the street might think something bad. They might think that you are on a comedown or that you're withdrawing from something or anything when it actually is just brain chemistry - just something going wrong, neurons in the brain firing incorrectly and it cause involuntary shaking in certain parts of the body."

He previously told how that by the time he's 50, the condition could be in his voice box, down his spine and in his arms. "It could be quite debilitating," he said.

Now, Rob has spoken how he was left perplexed aged 14 when medical staff said "there's nothing really