A young man has told of his agony due to a skin condition that means it 'burns off' if he eats the wrong type of food. Harry MacGill has been admitted to hospital 20 times in the last nine years and has 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 when at aged 14 he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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