A mum who was asked if she was drunk at the school gates discovered her stumbling was caused by a hidden rare illness - which left her paralysed in just weeks.

Charlotte Debieux, 25, was mortified to be asked if she had been boozing when she collected her daughter Poppy, three, and found herself feeling unsteady on her feet.

A month after the onset of symptoms including numbness and back pain, she was diagnosed with Guillain Barré Syndrome - which affects one in a million people.