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hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 7

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Disease Overview

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 7 (HSAN7) is a genetic condition that causes the inability to feel pain, excessive sweating, and gastrointestinal issues. Gastrointestinal issues can cause failure to thrive, painful constipation, and diarrhea. The constipation is due to intestinal dysmotility, where the the muscles and nerves of the digestive system do not move food through the digestive tract like it should. Signs and symptoms of HSAN7 usually appear at birth or during infancy. The inability to feel pain often leads to repeated, severe injuries, including bone fractures and joint dislocations. People with HSAN7 may also heal slowly putting them at risk for further complications, such as infection. Excessive sweating may cause itching. Other features may include partial insensitivity to cold and hot temperatures, mild muscle weakness, and motor skill delays. HSAN7 is not known to affect learning or intelligence. Treatment of HSAN7 aims to prevent injury and treat gastrointestinal and orthopedic problems. HSAN7 is caused by a mutation in the SCN11A gene. People with HSAN7 have a 1 in 2 or 50% chance of passing the condition on to each of their children. This pattern of inheritance is called ‘ autosomal dominant.’

Synonyms

  • CIP with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction
  • HSAN 7
  • HSAN VII
  • HSAN with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction
  • HSAN7
  • SCN11A autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy
  • autosomal dominant hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy caused by mutation in SCN11A
  • congenital insensitivity to pain with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction
  • hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type VII
  • hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy with hyperhidrosis and gastrointestinal dysfunction
  • insensitivity to pain, congenital, with gastrointestinal dysfunction and hyperhidrosis
  • neuropathy, hereditary sensory and autonomic, type 7
  • neuropathy, hereditary sensory and autonomic, type VII
GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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