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The Man Who Couldn't Eat

Jon Reiner suffers from  Chron's disease , which causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract.   Symptoms  include diarrhea, abdominal pain, ulcers and weight loss.   Complications from the disease caused a fistula to form in Jon's small intestine.  The treatment was for Jon to not eat or drink anything until the fistula healed. …

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Jon Reiner suffers from Chron's disease, which causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, ulcers and weight loss.

September '09 issue of Esquire.

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