Girl Who Can't Feel Pain

3 year old Gabby Gingras was born incapable of feeling pain - the rare disease prevents the nerve fibers in her body from being able to pick up and transmit pain signals.

No other cases like it have been found in the US - doctors can only find twelve instances of the disease in the entire world.

Without pain, she can't tell when she is harming herself. As a result, she currently has no teeth, and may have to have one of her eyes removed from complications caused by self injuries when she was an infant.

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"She fell down the stairs the other day in the garage," her dad says. "She just picked herself up and started climbing up the stairs again like nothing had happened."

"She never cried," her mother adds.

:o

"So often we think of pain in a negative way. But it is pain, that protects us."

That sucks.. :(

Ouch!! :o
.....er I mean......oh nothing.


She should become a boxer or get some other job that utilizes her feeling of invincibility.

so can she feel good?

i mean if she's having sex and the dude is workin' so hard and the gurl is feelin' nothin'......

lolz.. :P

A little off topic, but I saw a chick on TV who was allergic to water. She would cry and her face would break out in blisters. She is the only person ever to be diagnosed with this allergy.

Threads such as this evoke thoughts about genetic engineering, yes? ;)

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Originally posted by j2k4@2 March 2004 - 15:59
Threads such as this evoke thoughts about genetic engineering, yes? ;)

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Are you saying we should produce an invicible army of super men who can't feel pain and are allergic to water? :blink:

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Are you saying we should produce an invicible army of super men who can&#39;t feel pain and are allergic to water? :blink: [/b][/quote]
Uh, no. :huh:

Let me look, just to be sure, though.








Okay, I was right:

Definitely: No.

Sadly such children rarely survive. Without pain there is little or no indication of illness or infection. By the time it is obvious it is usually too late. Normal cuts and infections go unnoticed, where most kids would be ensuring no one gets a nights sleep these children react as if nothing is wrong. Although it is every kids fantasy to be invincible, the reality is a endless daily chore of checking for signs of wear and tear.

Pain is unfortunately essential - although I suppose Mother Nature could have come up with a nice panel of warning lights.

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Originally posted by Biggles@2 March 2004 - 23:39
Mother Nature could have come up with a nice panel of warning lights.

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Threads such as this invoke ideas for genetic engineering, yes? :devil:

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Mother Nature could have come up with a nice panel of warning lights.

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:lol:

Or least someone with a delicate touch with a spanner.

That&#39;s fucking crazy. :blink:


That poor kid.

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@2 March 2004 - 23:39
Mother Nature could have come up with a nice panel of warning lights.

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:lol:

Or least someone with a delicate touch with a spanner.[/b][/quote]
My God-

Where is your empathy, you disgusting, unfeeling board members?

Now, get back to work. <_<

Mr. Blunt-

You, sir, are the very personnification of propriety.

I applaud you. ;)

this happen to me kind of, i once cut my finger off and where it cut ,it severed the nerve for a week i could not feel in my hand till the reatached it back so it was cool setting hand on fire or letting someone bash it as hard as they could ,but i felt it after the put my finger back on :lol: :(

2 of my friends were drinking. My friend Haugen was playing with a knife and for some reason Damian stuck out his hand and said &#39;cut me&#39; or something like that. ( I assume he was just joking around) Haugen did it. He immediatly took the knife and pressed down and sliced the back of Damians hand. He ended up getting a shitload of stitches and he doesn&#39;t have feeling in his middle and ring finger anymore.

I think it would be great to not feel pain... :blink:

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Originally posted by stupidguy@3 March 2004 - 14:56
I think it would be great to not feel pain... :blink:

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I thought you were pretty numb already. ;)

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Mother Nature could have come up with a nice panel of warning lights.

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Threads such as this invoke ideas for genetic engineering, yes? :devil:

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:lol:

Or least someone with a delicate touch with a spanner.

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My God-

Where is your empathy, you disgusting, unfeeling board members?

Now, get back to work. <_<

Mr. Blunt-

You, sir, are the very personnification of propriety.

I applaud you. ;) [/b][/quote]
:o


:-"

Okay it would be harmful when you where a kid but if your mum says don&#39;t poke your eye out then you should really... not.

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Originally posted by james_bond_rulez@2 March 2004 - 11:00
so can she feel good?

i mean if she&#39;s having sex and the dude is workin&#39; so hard and the gurl is feelin&#39; nothin&#39;......

lolz.. :P

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Glad my kids are nowhere near you.

You are sick.


Yogi

Its a sad story :(

On the site it sais that she broke her jaw and they noticed a month later.

This poor kid will end up killing herself.

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so can she feel good?

i mean if she&#39;s having sex and the dude is workin&#39; so hard and the gurl is feelin&#39; nothin&#39;......

lolz.. :P

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Glad my kids are nowhere near you.

You are sick.


Yogi [/b][/quote]
wtf? did i talk about kids? NO&#33;&#33;

sheesh <_<

:o Damn this is song weird shit. I guess being not able to feel pain would not be so bad if you stop feeling pain like when you are (insert semi-mature age here http://filesharingtalk.com/html/emoticons/whistling.gif) or something. ;) Because then you know not to do some stuff.

Well at least now I know what happend to a 3 year old when they dont feel pain. There are some times when Arm is in severe pain that I sure wish I couldnt feel pain. :)

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so can she feel good?

i mean if she&#39;s having sex and the dude is workin&#39; so hard and the gurl is feelin&#39; nothin&#39;......

lolz.. :P

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Glad my kids are nowhere near you.

You are sick.


Yogi

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wtf? did i talk about kids? NO&#33;&#33;

sheesh <_< [/b][/quote]

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3 year old Gabby Gingras was born incapable of feeling pain

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Sheesh......... :helpsmile:


Think before you blink.


Yogi

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Originally posted by Evil Gemini@5 March 2004 - 07:33
Its a sad story :(

On the site it sais that she broke her jaw and they noticed a month later.

This poor kid will end up killing herself.

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Exactly. :(

You guys this is a serious thread.

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Originally posted by dwightfry@2 March 2004 - 09:39
A little off topic, but I saw a chick on TV who was allergic to water. She would cry and her face would break out in blisters. She is the only person ever to be diagnosed with this allergy.

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that&#39;s impossible, because she would instantly die. Your body "HAS" to have water since the majority of it is water.

@ wolfmight: ur rite.......... no being can be allergic to vital compounds..............

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Originally posted by dwightfry@3 March 2004 - 16:14
2 of my friends were drinking. My friend Haugen was playing with a knife and for some reason Damian stuck out his hand and said &#39;cut me&#39; or something like that. ( I assume he was just joking around) Haugen did it. He immediatly took the knife and pressed down and sliced the back of Damians hand. He ended up getting a shitload of stitches and he doesn&#39;t have feeling in his middle and ring finger anymore.

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that reminds me a lil of the story of the 3 guys in greece (?)........... they were drinkin and actin macho and all (you know, beating eachother with stones and stuff like that), when one of them decided that it would be really cool 2 saw off his foot with a chainsaw.............. now this sounds pretty dumb, but his friend was even cooler................... but after cutting his own head off, it was kinda hard 4 him 2 gloat.................... lol

I&#39;d recommend watching Thirteen.

That seriously sucks. :(

If the little girl cant feel pain then can she feel normal, non-painful feelings like touching an object? :huh:

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Originally posted by Arm@7 March 2004 - 05:57
If the little girl cant feel pain then can she feel normal, non-painful feelings like touching an object? :huh:

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Yes, there are different types of nerve fibers. Just like someone who is color blind can still see, she is just missing a certain sensory ability, not the whole package.

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Originally posted by Storm@7 March 2004 - 00:05
@ wolfmight: ur rite.......... no being can be allergic to vital compounds..............

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Alas, it&#39;s true, Water allergy does exist. Although I don&#39;t know about the blisters while crying.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/dailynews/rxtra/01_01/01_06d.html]Story about the water-allergic girl[/url]

edit: Some more first-hand stories (be sure to read the other replies)

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Originally posted by dwightfry@3 March 2004 - 08:14
2 of my friends were drinking. My friend Haugen was playing with a knife and for some reason Damian stuck out his hand and said &#39;cut me&#39; or something like that. ( I assume he was just joking around) Haugen did it. He immediatly took the knife and pressed down and sliced the back of Damians hand. He ended up getting a shitload of stitches and he doesn&#39;t have feeling in his middle and ring finger anymore.

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wow some real geniuses u got there for friends.

Bleh, forget it.....