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Polio is a serious disease that can cause life-threatening paralysis and possibly death.

The majority of people with Bell's palsy, around 90 per cent, will recover completely with time.

Hypersomnia means excessive sleepiness - it can have a number of different causes.

The long-term effects of stroke depend on which part of the brain was damaged and by how much.

Most people with Guillain-Barré syndrome experienced some form of viral or bacterial infection before the onset of symptoms.

Motor neurone disease (MND) is also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Lou Gehrig's disease. MND is a rapidly progressing, neurological disease. Motor neurones are nerve cells that control the voluntary muscles of the trunk and limbs, and affect speech, swallowing and breathing. Damage to these nerves causes muscle weakness and wasting. People with MND become increasingly disabled, and may lose speech, have difficulty swallowing and eventually die from respiratory (breathing) failure.

Botulism is considered a medical emergency. If untreated, it may cause death.

It is estimated that around four out of five children will experience a middle ear infection at least once.

A person with narcolepsy is extremely sleepy all the time and may fall asleep several times a day.

There are about 600 muscles in the human body