All news by author: Aaliyah Rugg

Alex Donaldson became delirious just three days after scratching her arm on a wall in Spain. She was was told it was an infection

Alex Donaldson from Prescott underwent multiple surgeries and lost the use of her right arm after suffering from necrotising fasciitis, dubbed the 'flesh-eating' disease

Evelyn Sancto had long struggled with poor eyesight and the 12-year-old had found her time at school difficult before earlier this month she woke up in pain having lost her vision in both eyes

Louis Rowley, 22, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog that was dangerously out of control after the pet bit a child on the face causing injuries that left them 'permanently disfigured and scarred'

Carly said her 'world collapsed' as she was told her nine-year-old son had a huge ball of puss on his brain, and would need to have three major surgeries in less than four weeks

Melody Wakelin, from Kent, was a fit and active mum of two but three weeks after competing in a bodybuilding competition she was engulfed by a debilitating brain fog

In 2010 Sarah Mather from Widnes was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2010 having been 'told a multitude of things', and also experiencing a chest infection and given steroids as an asthmatic

Owen McGrath from Liverpool thought he just had a chest infection and went to a free NHS lung health check not thinking it would be anything worse, until a phone call on his birthday revealed otherwise

Lewis Connett, who is now 10 years old, has been in and out of hospital since being a few weeks old due to his medical condition, and will have to continue to have surgery into adulthood

Marie Stevens spent two weeks in hospital after she was attacked by two Rottweilers and bitten multiple times on her arm in Netherton, Merseyside, and underwent operations

A vulnerable cuckooing victim was targeted by four thugs in a "Quentin Tarantino style revenge" attack after his home was taken over for the supply of Class A drugs

At just six weeks old, Francis Oldham started to come out in strange marks on his body. Mum, Anna Holland, said her son was sleeping a lot, but she thought that was due to his age

Jade Preston, 31, from Skelmersdale, had put her three children to sleep and was in bed herself with partner James Kinsey when she suffered a heart attack

Alfie Rafferty, 12, from Merseyside, went to hospital suffering from what his family thought was an ear infection and then they were given the devastating news that he had an aggressive brain tumour

Since Ava White was stabbed to death in Liverpool after an argument over a video posted on Snapchat, her cousin Blake, who is just seven years old, has been doing all he can to raise funds in Ava's memory

Mum Jade Roberts tragically died aged 26 just a few hours after laughing and playing with her children in the garden

Two years later, doctors still don't know what caused Honey Barton, now 13, to become so ill after she was rushed to hospital with swelling all over her body and a strange rash

Caron Campbell went to do some shopping in her local Asda store in St Helens, Merseyside as usual, but when her gift card did not work and her card was declined, she began to panic

One mother told how she was visiting a New Brighton beach with her children when she saw what appeared to be an "alien-like" creature on the sand near where her kids were playing

Silent cancer is a term often used to describe cancers that either do not show any noticeable early symptoms or when early symptoms can be mild and overlap with other less severe conditions

Mum Lisa Jones is battling stage four cancer while fighting to get her 22-year-old daughter Samantha the treatment she needs as she suffers terrible pains in her skull and spine

Franny Briggs sprang into action and gave tiny Bobby CPR after mum Jemma went into unexpected labour on the floor of their bathroom at their home in Kirkby, Merseyside

Little Henri Brammer, from Liverpool, was looking forward to Christmas last year when he began to suffer from a headache, which eventually spread to eye pain and lethargy

Raphaël Labrousse-Stanyon died suddenly at his home in Southport, Merseyside, after his parents put him down to sleep like normal - they've now spoken of their heartbreak

Rebecca Foster, 32, and Kieran Naylor, 33, who had been together for 10 years and were "massively in love", died in hospital after being pulled from a blaze at their house in Daresbury, Cheshire