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CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN
CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN
CONCLUSIONS
Congenital insensibility to pain:
- Is a genetic illness caused by a mutation.
- Is a rare condition.
- Is very dangerous for children.
- There is not a treatment.
- Health education is very important.
INDEX
1. What is congenital insensibility to pain?
2. Cause
3. How is it transmitted?
4. Signs and symptoms
5. Congenital insensibility to pain in children
6. Treatment
7. Conclusions
CONGENITAL INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN IN CHILDREN
Children with this condition often suffer:
- Bone fractures.
- Many cuts.
- Infections.
- Lose teeth.
- Corneal damage.
- Oral cavity damage.
PARENTS and PATIENTS!
HEALTH EDUCATION
For parents and patients who suffer the congenital insensibility to pain because...
WHAT IS CONGENITAL INSENSIBILITY TO PAIN?
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- It's a disease in which a person is not able to feel (and has never felt) physical pain.
- Insensitivity to pain
Bone fractures, many cuts
and infections, finger and toes amputations and other traumas...
- It's considered a type of peripheral neuropathy.
- It's a rare condition.
- Insensitivity to temperature
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
2. The absence of NaV1.7 channels
Impairs the transmission of pain
Person insensitive to pain
- Insensitivity to hungry
Maintaining a regular eating schedule
- Insensitivity to touch
CAUSE
1. Mutation in the SCN9A gene
2. The absence of NaV1.7 channels
Prevents the transmission
of pain signals
Person insensitive to pain
HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
The parents carry one copy of the gene but they don't show the signs of the condition.
Hypothermia
TREATMENT
Unfortunately there is not a cure for this type of disease.
The only thing we can do is to prevent!