Bionic Girl: Meet the Girl Who Doesn't Feel Pain, Hunger or Tiredness

Have you ever wondered if you could not feel hunger, pain or tiredness? You may be thinking that this would only be possible if you were a superhero or any fictional character. However, the case of a 7-year-old British girl is puzzling scientists precisely for presenting all these characteristics.

Olivia Farnsworth of Huddersfield is being called the bionic girl. It has no basic sensations of the human body such as pain, hunger and tiredness. Within her condition, the girl eats only because she is conditioned to it, can spend three days without sleep and almost never cries.

Little Olivia Farnsworth, 7, being called "bionic girl"

Little Olivia's disorder is known as "chromosome 6 exclusion." This picture by itself is rare, but, according to the researchers, the cases recorded to date had only one of the symptoms. Therefore, it is believed that the girl has a unique condition in the world, because it meets all the characteristics caused by the anomaly.

Discovery

The day Olivia's condition was discovered, the family went through a drama. Along with her mother, Niki Trepak, 32, and the four brothers, Olivia was strolling when she was run over and dragged by a car for several meters. "It was horrible. I think it's something I'll never get over. My children and I screamed and wept a lot to see the moment she was taken, ”Niki told the Mail Online website.

Olivia at the hospital after the accident

Despite the frightening scene, the girl got up with a wheel mark on her chest and started walking toward the family. She had only bruises on her hip and big toe, and she had no reaction. After assessing the condition, the doctors concluded that what saved her from major injuries was the fact that she remained calm during the event. Clinicians then discovered that the girl had the rare genetic condition of chromosome exclusion 6.

According to the mother, since the child was a newborn, it was already possible to observe differences in their behavior. Niki said Olivia never cried when she was a baby and stopped sleeping during the day when she was 9 months old. Another consequence of the disorder was the slow growth of the girl's hair, which only happened properly when she was 4 years old.

Olivia needs to be conditioned to eat as she doesn't feel hungry

Although it seems an advantage to Olivia that she does not suffer from certain natural reactions of the human body, her condition requires attention and causes much concern in the mother.

Risks And Other Symptoms Of Olivia's Frame

Niki says that her daughter has no “sense of danger, ” which influenced the accident in which she was run over. Therefore, it needs to be properly monitored to avoid further risk situations.

The girl bit her lip and didn't react, but even needed plastic surgery to repair it.

Once the little girl bit her lips and did not speak, but she had to undergo plastic surgery to repair the damage. In addition, as she is not hungry and tired, the bionic girl is conditioned to eat and takes sleeping pills.

Most of the time, Olivia proves to be a happy child, but suffers from sudden fits of rage due to her genetic background. Some of these reactions are quite violent and weird when they occur in public. “It happened in a park a few weeks ago. She punched me and kicked me, and people wondered what was going on. No one knows what's wrong with her, so when something like that happens, the moment is awkward, ”she explained.

Olivia, downtown, with mother Nikki and the four brothers

Knowing the need for special accompaniment, Nikki and the girl's brothers participate in a support group for chromosomal disorders. The idea is to be able to understand the girl's situation, to know how to cope and also to spread information about this rare genetic condition.

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