Cipa

CIPA or Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis is a genetic disorder very rarely found among us. They afflicted with this disorder have a damaged gene and as a result, sufferers never experience the sensation of pain. Many may assume that this would be a good thing but they who are afflicted encounter much suffering. Death from hypothermia among CIPA patients is quite common because they never know when their body temperature is low or rising. Some CIPA patients have had to remove all of their teeth to prevent them from chewing on their lips whenever they eat. There isn't any cure or treatment presently for the few afflicted with this rare genetic disease. I guess with so few afflicted, it's not a medical priority, but maybe this disorder can be used positively. Many bed ridden terminal patients suffer needlessly with agonizing pain until they're deceased. In my opinion, they ought to have the right to be euthanized and put out of their misery, but that isn't ethical among the medical community. This is where I believe CIPA would come in very handy. If research can figure out how to damage this otherwise healthy gene responsible for allowing us to feel the sensation of pain, perhaps it could be injected as a serum possibly and relieve the chronic pain from dying patients permanently. The patient would have a leisurely, peaceful exit completely pain free and ethics wouldn't be violated within the medical community. All terminal patients in chronic pain could all die humanely... ...but then I'm not a professional. This is just my theory.