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Meet the 10-year-old girl who can’t feel pain, hunger or fatigue

People first knew something was really wrong when Olivia Farnsworth was five years old. She had fallen and her bottom teeth had pierced through her bottom lip. 

Although she had a nasty cut and needed immediate surgery, she was not feeling any pain. Her calmness shocked everybody. The doctor even did the surgery without anaesthesia.

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