Accidents suffered by those with this condition can have long-term consequences. When they repeatedly injure themselves, especially in the extremities like fingers and toes, ultimately the blood vessels can get damaged. The area with damaged blood vessels do not receive oxygen and eventually die which means they can fall off or get detached from the body. Sounds frightening, doesn’t it? The condition is called autoamputation.
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Osteomyelitis, is a bacterial bone infection that occurs from bone fractures. It causes a variety of symptoms like nausea, fever, swelling and tenderness in the affected area. Most children diagnosed with CIP are prone to such problems because of repeated fractures of bones. However, it is good to know that this infection is treatable. When such problems continue, it can lead to a condition called Charcot joint or Charcot Atropathy which leads to severe degradation of bone and connective tissue.
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Those with CIPA may have a recurring high fever because of the inability to sweat and regulate body temperature. When there is no sweating, the body cannot return to homeostasis which is a stable condition or normal temperature. Hence the high fevers. If this is not treated immediately, it can also lead to a condition of hyperoxia or even higher fever when temperatures are in excess of 106.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Seizures are also not uncommon in those with CIPA. This is a direct result of high fever which also causes febrile seizures or convulsions. Such conditions generally attack children as small as 3 months to 18 months with fevers that reach 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Convulsions usually last a few minutes only but sometimes seizures can last pretty long.
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