Website review: The Seattle Times: Nation &World: I...
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TechSiddhu rated 21 months ago- From the page: "Inability to feel pain puts girl at risk PATTERSON, Ga.Ashlyn Blocker's parents and kindergarten teachers all describe her the same way: fearless. So they nervously watch her plunge full-tilt into a childhood deprived of natural alarms. In the school cafeteria, teachers put ice in 5-year-old Ashlyn's chili. If her lunch is scalding hot, she'll gulp it down anyway. On the playground, a teacher's aide watches Ashlyn from within 15 feet, keeping her off the jungle gym and giving chase when she runs. If she takes a hard fall, Ashlyn won't cry. Ashlyn is among a tiny number of people in the world who have congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), a rare genetic disorder that makes her unable to feel pain. "Some people would say that's a good thing. But no, it's not," says Tara Blocker, Ashlyn's mother. "Pain's there for a reason. It lets your body know something's wrong and it needs to be fixed. I'd give anything for her to feel pain.""
- justasitsounds rated 21 months ago
- Poor kid. I may be wrong, but I think this is also the main reason why people with leprosy loose fingers and other extremities - they loose sensation and can't tell when they've been damaged.
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