11 Heart Wrenching Facts That You Never Knew About People Who Can’t Feel Physical Pain

What if you couldn’t feel pain?? Do you think that’s possible without suffering from some damage of the nerves that make it so??? It may sound impossible but it isn’t really because there are actually people who can’t feel pain. In fact it isn’t some acquired disease because they have been born like that where congenital insensitivity to pain though rare can be a very dangerous condition. If you read this you will actually be shocked at the problems they go through.  Because they can’t feel pain, even a warm cup of coffee may be a health hazard.  It all comes with a violent package of related disorders like the inability to sweat and behavioral problems. You have to read this to believe 11 facts about people who feel no physical pain.

1The condition is rare

People born with insensitivity to pain are part of a small group. It is a rare disorder with just about 100 cases existing in the United States like Ashlyn Blocker who was found out in 2012 suffering from the condition. Japan has an unusual number of cases where the last count was over 300.

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2 The condition is caused by genetic mutation

The condition is present in two different forms. One is CIP or congenital insensitivity to pain and CIPA or congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis which affects the sweat glands. This means that a person with CIPA will sweat little or none at all because of the inability to experience changes in temperature.

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3 They may not even have the ability to smell

By now you will understand that being insensitive to pain is nothing great as it can really impact a person’s life in the most negative way possible. The mutated genes can affect the olfactory neurons inhibiting transmission of the sense of smell to the brain.

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4 They end up hurting themselves badly

People like Ashlyn Blocker can’t feel pain. They may feel cool temperatures or warmth but something hot that will make you wince will not affect them. This is why they can end up hurting themselves unintentionally and by accident. Young Ashlyn had the skin of her hands seared and almost falling off when she was just a baby. Young children especially end up burning themselves badly, breaking ankles, wounding themselves and even injuring their cheeks from chewing.

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