Do not feel pain when injured, scalded, pinched, or cut by sharp objects? Eits, don't be proud yet! Don't tell me, you suffer from congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis or CIPA.
CIPA is a rare birth defect. This condition occurs when a person is unable to feel heat or cold, does not sweat (anhidrosis), and does not feel pain when injured, bumped, or injured.
This Causes CIPA
Normally, when the body is injured, the ends of nerve cells will send messages to the brain in the form of pain or pain. Furthermore, the brain will give commands to these body parts to stay away from the cause of the injury and make movements to protect themselves or reduce pain.
For example, when your hand is exposed to a hot object, the ends of nerve cells in the skin of the hand will send messages to the brain in the form of pain. After that, the brain will respond reflexively to pull the hand away from the object.
Well, in people who experience CIPA, there is a mutation in the NTRK1 gene that is responsible for sending this message. As a result, despite being exposed to a hot or injured object, CIPA sufferers will not respond because they do not feel pain.
In addition, this genetic mutation will also cause people with CIPA can not sweat, even though he feels hot after exercise or when the weather is hot. Of course this is dangerous, because sweating is one of the body's ways to balance the temperature.
Is CIPA Dangerous?
The inability to feel pain and feel the temperature causes people with CIPA often experience injuries. For example, because they do not feel pain, CIPA sufferers are not aware if there are sharp objects in their shoes and will continue to walk until their feet bleed, or accidentally drink drinks that are too hot until their mouths blister.
In addition, injuries to the skin, bones, or diseases of internal organs are often late because of the absence of pain signals from the body to the brain, so recovery is longer and more difficult. The condition is also sometimes only discovered after complications arise, such as severe infection.
Anhidrosis or inability to sweat is also a problem for people with CIPA. This condition causes sufferers more at risk of increasing body temperature (hyperpireksia). In some cases, problems were also found in the form of dental caries, impaired intelligence, and difficulty in controlling bowel and bladder in patients with CIPA.
CIPA can only be ascertained by genetic testing, and to date, there is no treatment that can cure CIPA. The best treatment that can be done is to teach people with CIPA about ways to prevent injury and encourage them to do regular health checks.
Well, so, not feeling sick when bumped or injured does not mean you have super strength, yes. This could be a symptom of CIPA. Do a doctor's examination to find out the cause. If detected early, at least you can take precautions to avoid injury and severe illness.
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