Rare genetic mutation: This 75-year-old woman feels no pain

Scottish women are one of the few in the world who suffer from a rare genetic mutation that makes them feel no physical or mental pain.

Jo Cameron, 75, realized she was different after undergoing hand surgery nearly 10 years ago. Before the operation, her doctor warned her that she might experience post-operative pain, but she assured him that painkillers were not necessary, the National Post reported.

“When I find out I don’t want to [d’antidouleurs]He looked at my medical history and immediately noticed that I had not asked for it before,” he told the BBC.

At the time, the anesthesiologist sent her to pain geneticists at UCL and the University of Oxford for testing.

After six years of research, experts have found genetic mutations that cause the absence of pain.

Cameron had “seen stress and noticed the suffering it causes,” but he had never experienced feelings of anger, fear, sadness, anxiety, or fear, Ms. reported to The New Yorker.

She never felt pain during childbirth, recalling that the feeling was “strange, but she had no pain. It was so much fun.”

Congenital sensitivity to pain (CDI) is usually caused by neuropathy, which is a disruption in the transmission of pain sensation along nerve fibres.

Without these receptors, people with congenital neuropathy are at risk of dying from severe injuries.

For example, Cameron identifies his burnt skin only with the smell of burning meat, often resulting in his arms being burned in the oven.