Just when the mystery around Irrfan Khan's rare disease was deepening, after the actor himself tweeted about it, wife  Sutapa Sikdar came forward to issue a statement. On the close heels of that statement now trickles in the news that Actor's uncle reveals the disease, reports a news channel. We also gather that Irrfan will be travelling to London for the further treatment.

If reports are to believed Irrfan has pilea, the infection has damaged Irrfan's liver. As we await more details, Irrfan's wife requests the media and the well wisher's to focus our energies on something more than just knowing the disease. In her statement Irrfan's wife thanked fans for showing concerns and wishing him a speedy recovery.

“Let’s not waste our precious energies to only know what it is,” she urged “My best friend and my partner is a ‘warrior’ he is fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty. I apologize for not answering calls msgs, but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted forever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world,” wrote Sutapa and added “My humble request to all of you is to concentrate on the song of life, to dance of life to victory. My family will soon join in this dance of life. Thank you all from bottom of our heart.”

We sincerely hope and pray that the medical condition of the actor is treatable. Irrfan on Monday left his fans worried about their favourite actor's health woes as he tweeted, “Sometimes you wake up with a jolt with life-shaking you up. The last 15 days, my life has been a suspense story. Little had I known that my search for rare stories would make me find a rare disease.”

We wish the 51 year old a speedy recovery and hope that the man will bounce back from the trying times and continue to entertain us like only he can. Watch this space for more updates on Irrfan Khan.

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