Feel the pain!

Abstract

Insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) is a very rare condition that does what it says on the tin, people that have this condition cannot feel pain and cannot sweat (anhidrosis). It is one of a spectrum of conditions collectively known as hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathies (HSAN). This is a bit of a mouthful, so let’s break it down. HSAN means these are inherited pathologies or diseases that negatively affect our nervous system and how the nerves in our body work and results when the nerves in our body do not grow during development. This condition has a serious impact on those who suffer from it, such as the inability to feel pain. This means that the sufferer does not realise that they are injured and therefore cannot prevent injuring themselves further. Some sufferers die from hyperprexia (being too hot), because they don’t have this sweat response to keep them ...