CONGENITAL ANALGESIA

WHAT IS IT?

• A rare congenital condition where a person has no pain sensation
• The patient is unable to feel physical pain
• Frequent physical injurires
• Nobody knows how people get it

HOW COMMON IS IT?

• There has only been 40 cases have been reported in the scientific literature.
• This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern
• which means both copies of the gene in each cell have mutations.

HOW DOES A PERSON GET IT?

• Caused by increased production of endorphins in the brain
• Patients with such mutations are congenitally insensitive to pain and
• lack of other neuropathies

WHAT IS GOING WRONG?

• Its because of high levels of proteins and endorphins produced.
• The children are born with the mutation.
• The names are: SCN9A,W897X

CAN WE TREAT IT?

• The drug Naloxone can be used as treatment.
• This treatment doesn't always work.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE LIFE OF THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT’S FAMILY?

• The inability to perceive pain is a severe danger
• Because they have no way of understanding when the body is being
• Put in mortal danger

WORKS CITED

• Wikipedia.org
• Ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition
• Serendip.brynmawr.edu