Chapter 233: Chapter 155: Congenital Insensitivity to Pain—It’s Dangerous!

“Director Qin, what’s going on here?”

Zhao Yitian also quickly stood up, walked over to the little boy and Qin Feng, and frowned slightly.

“Xiaoxia, are you okay? You’ve lost a lot of blood.”

The woman squatted in front of the little boy, looking at the wound with some heartache.

“Nurse Chief Liu, please take him to suture the wound first.”

Qin Feng said to Liu Juan, then looked at the child’s mother and couldn’t help but sigh.

He already had a rough idea of what the situation might be.

But he was still somewhat incredulous, and decided to conduct a detailed further examination after the child was stitched up and returned.

“Doctor, is there something wrong with my son?”

The woman, seeing his expression, immediately became tense and quickly asked.

“I want to ask, have you ever hit your child or has he suffered other injuries?”

“Hit him? Of course, I have!”

The woman immediately nodded, speaking matter-of-factly,

“He’s a boy, of course, he’ll be mischievous, so he’s also suffered some minor injuries.”

“Then when you hit him or when he was injured before, did he ever say it hurt?”

Qin Feng continued to ask,

“Think carefully!”

As soon as the words fell, the woman, with a puzzled expression, fell into deep thought and muttered to herself,

“Hit him… injured… it seems he really hasn’t cried once since he was little~

Oh right, when he accidentally split his head open as a child, he didn’t feel it, only noticed when the blood flowed onto his face!

Even when he arrived at the hospital, he didn’t cry or fuss, just as if nothing happened.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng’s heart sank abruptly.

It seems there might not be much difference from what he suspected.

“Doctor, is something wrong with my son? Please tell me quickly.”

The woman, seeing his gradually serious expression, urged in a panic.

“It’s like this; your son now seems fine, but there’s a very high possibility he was born with an extremely rare congenital disease.”

Qin Feng took a deep breath and spoke in a low tone,

“Congenital Insensitivity to Pain!”

“What what… insensitivity?”

The woman froze for a moment, seemingly not understanding, with a face full of confusion.

Meanwhile, Zhao Yitian and Su Cheng behind had already reacted and exchanged a glance, both greatly shocked!

Congenital Insensitivity to Pain: it’s a disease so rare that it’s said to occur in one in a billion cases.

Congenital Insensitivity to Pain is also known as Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy (HSAN) Type IV, a rare disease globally.

Its clinical features include widespread loss of pain sensation and can be complicated by Charcot’s joint.

The most apparent manifestations are sprains of limbs or skin injuries with bleeding, but because the patient feels no pain, they cannot detect it, involving pain and thermal sensation.

This disease was merely something heard of during their student years, never seen.

Because related cases domestically are scarce!

Most doctors go through their careers without encountering a single case of this bizarre disease that could be considered a ’superpower.’

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yitian and the others truly encountered it, literally a blessed fortune!

“Director Qin, is it really insensitivity to pain?”

Zhao Yitian remained doubtful, considering how rare this disease is.

“Although further confirmation is needed, it’s largely already diagnosable.”

Qin Feng nodded, showing a solemn expression.

“Doctor, can this… insensitivity be cured?”

The woman also seemed anxious and quickly asked,

“My son seems fine now!”

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng began to educate the child’s mother: “This congenital disease belongs to chromosomal recessive hereditary diseases, and current medical techniques cannot cure it.

It causes a loss of all pain sensation, meaning they cannot feel pain, just like now, injuries don’t elicit any reaction.”

Upon hearing this, the woman’s expression turned somewhat peculiar.

“No pain sensation, isn’t that quite good? The child won’t fear pain in the future.”

Crash!

The few people who heard the woman’s words nearly shattered their knees.

The thought is really too simplistic!

“What if your child can’t feel injuries or illnesses? Wait for them to worsen?”

Qin Feng’s comment instantly silenced the woman.

Perhaps to ordinary people, losing pain sensation may not seem like a bad thing.

Just like some people lose their sense of smell or taste, it doesn’t affect their survival.

Some might even think it’s quite remarkable.

But pain is different!

Pain is a sensation of the organism, subjecting everyone to multiple painful stimuli throughout their lives.

An individual might experience pain at various body parts externally or internally due to external stimuli or internal abnormalities.

Pain is a signal of harm, closely tied to the extent of body damage!

Ordinarily, the body responds with pain to harmful stimuli like acid, alkali, heat, cold, electricity, mechanical shock, and compression (like tumor pressure).

The nervous system is the human body’s receptor for pain sensation, with nerves distributed throughout the body where any stimulation can initiate nerve impulses, transmitting through the spinal cord to the brain to generate pain sensation.

Additionally, due to the different pain-located areas, the patient’s pain responses vary, like head injuries might cause unbearable pain due to life-threatening thoughts.

Pain is an organism’s stress response, also a protective response.

Pain aids in the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, while ’pain-free people’ hide the clinical symptoms of diseases, losing effective treatment opportunities.

This is the greatest protection pain nerve offers to human life.

It constantly reminds humans if organs, tissues, or behaviors signal danger.

Thus, to avoid and treat promptly!

Otherwise, one wouldn’t even feel death.

Losing the sense of pain,

also means losing the judgment of danger and self-protection…

After listening to Qin Feng’s words, the woman’s face finally changed.

She realized the seriousness of the matter!

“Doctor, doctor, do you have any way to save him?”

The woman looked at Qin Feng expectantly and said.

“To be honest, currently there’s no diagnosis or treatment for this disease globally. Once discovered, one must pay attention to daily behavior to protect themselves.”

Qin Feng shook his head helplessly and said,

“Additionally, one must frequently visit the hospital for check-ups to prevent getting sick without feeling it.”

After speaking, he looked at Zhao Yitian: “Dr. Zhao, when the child returns, conduct a test on his endorphin secretion to see if there’s excessive secretion.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Zhao Yitian nodded, comprehending.

The woman couldn’t help but cover her face and cry. Why did her child get such a strange disease?

About half an hour later,

The young boy returned calmly with his arm in a sling.

Zhao Yitian took him for a check-up, and after the results came out, Qin Feng took a look.

Sure enough, the endorphin secreted by the brain was more than five times that of a normal person!

Endorphin is a substance secreted by the brain, similar to morphine, with a strong analgesic effect. In people without pain, the endorphin levels in the brain are 3 to 5 times those of normal people.

So when the pain impulse transmitted to the brain is overshadowed by the excessive analgesic effect of “endorphin,” the person loses the sense of pain.

This child is a typical case of excessive endorphin secretion, causing the pain nerves to be self-blocked.

“Remember to avoid putting pressure on this arm when sleeping.”

Qin Feng said to the young boy,

“Also, make sure to stay safe in the future and remember to protect yourself. If any accident occurs, tell your parents no matter if it hurts or not, okay?”

“Okay.”

The young boy nodded, his expression unchanged.

“Thank you, doctor.”

The woman also came over, wiping her tears and said to him.

“It’s nothing, it’s what I should do.” Qin Feng smiled faintly, “Remember to show more care and guidance in the future, help him learn self-protection.”

“I understand, I understand.”

The woman nodded firmly, lovingly patting the child’s head.

After everything was done, the mother and son left the hospital.

Zhao Yitian and Su Cheng watched their backs, feeling somewhat sentimental.

It’s unexpected that they encountered such a rare disease.

“Director Qin, do you think we’re lucky or unlucky?”

Su Cheng couldn’t help but ask,

“Isn’t this disease bad?”

“What do you think? Not feeling anything even at death, do you think it’s refreshing?”

Qin Feng rolled his eyes at him irritably,

“Hurry and organize the case, this is the first case in Jiangcheng and even Su Province, the information is very valuable.”

After speaking, he turned and left, returning to the office.

Thinking it over, Qin Feng took out his phone and opened his Weibo.

After concealing the patient’s information, he posted a Weibo entry.

[Would you want to lose the sense of pain? Today a real person without pain appeared before us.]

’Today, a young boy visited the general outpatient clinic at the City First Hospital, with a bleeding arm yet a calm face, completely unaware of any pain…’

…

The Weibo post received hundreds of comments within ten minutes.

’So there really are people who don’t feel pain in this world!’

’Wow! Is it really that amazing? I wish I could become someone without pain too!’

’Isn’t this basically a super soldier? An innate power!’

’Waa~ I wish I didn’t feel pain, menstrual pain is unbearable! Dr. Qin, is there any way to save me?’

’You bunch of idiots, didn’t see Director Qin’s words? Not feeling pain means not feeling death.’

’Yes! At first it seemed great, but after reading Dr. Qin’s popularization, my heart aches for the young boy.’

’I hope there are no such strange diseases in the world, blessings~’

’Hey? Do you think maybe Guan Yu from the past was a person without pain? Otherwise, how could he play chess while scraping poison from bones?’

’The one above, your thought process is really unique~’

…

Qin Feng casually browsed through everyone’s comments, unable to resist shaking his head and laughing.

Indeed, people’s joys and sorrows are not alike.

But upon seeing the comment about Guan Yu, a flash of inspiration struck him.

Perhaps it’s possible!

Who says this disease only exists now just because it’s discovered now?

Maybe our legendary martial saint Guan Gong was indeed a person without pain, coupled with tremendous strength.

Leading to his legendary feat of slaying thousands and the tale of scraping poison from bones.

But,

Ultimately, this is still a disease!

The young boy will have to live cautiously for his whole life…

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