Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A patient and doctor discuss congenital insensitivity to pain. For people with this disorder, cognition and sensation are otherwise normal; for instance, patients can still feel discriminative touch (though not always temperature [3]), and there are generally no detectable physical abnormalities.
Those affected are unable to feel pain and temperature. [2] [3] The absence of pain experienced by people with CIPA puts them at high risk for accidental self-injury. Corneal ulceration occurs due to lack of protective impulses. [4] Joint and bone problems are common due to repeated injuries, and wounds heal poorly. [5]
These individuals reported experiencing visceral pain, headaches and, when tested, didn't have an impaired ability to feel light touch, and (when also tested) had a reduced ability to feel capsaicin, which in turn let them eat spicy food calmly, which wouldn't be the case for people with normal pain sensation, and didn't suffer from congenital ...
Symptoms typically begin in early adulthood, with back pain, stiffness in the lower back, neck pain, and fatigue being common ones. Steff received an official diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis ...
The disease is characterized by the loss of pain sensation mainly in the distal parts of the lower limbs; that is, in the parts of the legs farther away from the center of the body. Since the affected individuals cannot feel pain, minor injuries in this area may not be immediately recognized and may develop into extensive ulcerations.
For women living with endometriosis, debilitating pain, fatigue and heavy periods can make it feel almost impossible to sustain a career or social life. The only way formally to diagnose ...
M. leprae attacks nerve endings and destroys the body's ability to feel pain and injury. Without feeling pain, people with leprosy have an increased risk of injuring themselves. Injuries become infected and result in tissue loss. Fingers, toes, and limbs become shortened and deformed as the tissue is absorbed into the body. [76]
Along with hypothyroidism, which impacts your body’s metabolism and can make you feel cold, Raynaud’s disease is another common cause of chilly hands. “This condition commonly occurs in ...