It's an agonising and disfiguring skin condition that plagues one in every 100 Britons - yet very few have ever heard of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

It feels as if there is something on my face - like a moving liquid. My GP has prescribed amitriptyline before bed to aid sleep but is there anything else that might help?

Colin Campbell was otherwise fit and healthy when he suddenly developed agonising abdominal pain. It was appendicitis and he had to be rushed to hospital.

My greatest regret from the final weeks of my father's life doesn't involve that cliche of making sure you've said what you want to say. That's a given. I can live with that.

The disease can strike almost without warning, causing few obvious symptoms until it has already spread and become far harder to treat. But it's a myth that its impossible to spot…

It's an agonising and disfiguring skin condition that plagues one in every 100 Britons - yet very few have ever heard of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).