Congenital Insensitivity to Pain Overview

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to:

1. 1

   Describe the clinical characteristics of congenital insensitivity to pain;

2. 2

   Review the causes of congenital insensitivity to pain;

3. 3

   Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of congenital insensitivity to pain in a proband;

4. 4

   Provide a brief summary of management of congenital insensitivity to pain;

5. 5

   Inform genetic risk assessment of family members of a proband with congenital insensitivity to pain.