RILEY-DAY SYNDROME

If you ever dreamed of never feeling any pain, be careful what you ask ... The victims of this disease do not feel pain, but this is a big problem. They are more prone to accidents because they stop registering any warning of damage to body tissues, such as cuts or burns. The disease is caused by a mutation in the gene IKBKAP of chromosome 9 and was first described by doctors Milton Riley and Richard Lawrence Day Without warning danger that pain provides ordinary people, the majority of patients with the syndrome of Riley Day-tend to die young, before age 30 because of injury.