Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Harry MacGill has been admitted to hospital 20 times in the last nine years.
In that time he's undergone 16 operations. If he uses moisturiser or eats the wrong type of food his face can swell up and his skin 'burns off'.
The 23-year-old, from Rochdale, has suffered with a variety of agonising illnesses since his teens. But remarkably later this year Harry is planning to run 100km to raise money for the mental health charity Mind.
Harry's health problems began in high school. Aged 14 he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. The stomach pains he suffered as a result were so severe he couldn't stand up and it meant he had to take six months off school.
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