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12-Year-Old Girl Cannot Feel Pain Due to Genetic Disorder

Description:There are many rare diseases in the world. A 12-year-old girl, Ashlyn Blocker suffers from an exceptionally bizarre genetic disorder and has congenital insensitivity to pain. Simply put, she can feel absolutely no pain whatsoever. The disorder is very dangerous because the inability to feel pain means that sufferers may not recognize a potentially deadly problem as the warning signs cannot be felt. (1:03)

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