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The former glamour model had to get her husband Tom to have some glasses specially made and delivered into the house because of her condition

NICOLA McLean has revealed she is practically BLIND in one eye because of a rare condition.

The former glamour model was attacked by cruel trolls during her stint on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year after she was seen covering one of her eyes when she argued with Kim Woodburn.

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And speaking exclusively to The Sun Online at a celebrity event on Tuesday night, Nicola revealed how her sight started to go just two months before entering the Big Brother house.

She said: I have always had bad eyesight in my left eye but my right eye has always been fine and then about two months before Big Brother I noticed my eyesight changing.

Now I can barely see out of this eye, Im talking barely see, Ive got a contact in it now.

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Basically whats happened is, this right eye, I cant see out of but its also developed an adult squint, which is so rare.

Thats why I was so paranoid about it, as what would happen is, I would take the contact lens out, get in bed, then all the arguments would kick off so Id have to cover my eye.

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I cant focus with it, so it wanders, without glasses or a contact it just wanders everywhere because I cant see out of it.

Nicola who was born with a squint in her left eye which was later rectified added her doctors think a potential cause could be pregnancy-related diabetes from when she had her two sons, Rocky and Striker.

While the diagnosis isnt clear yet, the 35-year-old added her squint is rectifiable, but it doesnt address her vision issues.

She said: The muscles at the back need to be tightened and that will rectify it being straight, but I still wont be able to see out of it.

A squint - known by its medical term strabismus - is where the eyes point in different directions.

The condition is common in kids, with one in 20 likely to have a squint.

And while they typically appear before the age of five, adults can be treated for the condition.

Squints that develop later in life are known as acquired squints.

They may be caused by the eye attempting to overcome a vision problem, such as short or long-sightedness.

In some cases they are genetic, while in most cases the cause is unknown.

Squints can be treated, with glasses, eye exercise and in some cases corrective surgery to tighten or move some of the eye muscles to change the eye's position.

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"So we need to work out why the visions gone from being OK to so bad.

"Im OK because with a contact or my glasses its fine, mines not a lazy eye its a proper squint, so if I took my contact lens out now it would just wander.

"It can be corrected but its very, very rare to get an adult squint so thats what it was, I didnt want to be on tele with an eye wandering so Id cover it.

"If I dont cover the right one I cant see out of the left one, because when the right one shuts down the left one does, so I needed to cover the right to be able to see.

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"It is quite bad but Ill be able to get it sorted."

Nicola's condition was never fully explained during her time on Celebrity Big Brother, and she also revealed her husband Tom Williams had to get some glasses especially made for her and have them sent in.

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She continued: "It all happened so quickly before Big Brother.

"I had contacts but the air conditioning was making my contacts dry, so Tom had to get me glasses made and sent into the house, which is why I only started wearing them half way through."

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Nicola's now in consultations with an eye hospital about her condition and finding a date to correct it.

She added: "We just need to know why its happened.

"The prescription to go from good to as bad as it is is not normal . Its quite concerning."

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Nicola McLean reveals she's virtually BLIND in one eye just weeks after being bullied by cruel trolls mocking her ... - The Sun

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