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INSENSITIVITY TO COLD

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Besides people who don't react to pain, there are those who are indifferent to cold. A vivid example is Wim Hof - a man from the Netherlands who brought doctors to their wit's end. The thing is Wim is able to stand very low temperatures. He managed to spend 120 minutes in a pipe with freezing water and ice, has climbed to the top of Mont Blanc wearing shorts (and his pen), and even swims under the ice of frozen lakes and rivers.             Our body temperature is regulated by several different system.A part of the brain called the hypothalamus  act as the body's thermostat.In this case hypothalamus could react on cold. Treatment :- Your treatment will depends entirely on the diagnosis you received from your doctor.

SAVANT SYNDROME

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Savant syndrome is a rare but extraordinary condition in which persons with serious mental disabilities,including autistic disorder, asperger's syndrome, have some " island of genius " which stands in marked, incongruous contrast to overall handicap.        Patients with such condition are extremely tallented in music, drawing, painting, calculating and 3D constructing model.As an example Stephen Wiltshire is a British architectural artist with this syndrome of Savant.He manage to draw a precise map of London after just one fly over the city.Many people called Savants geniuses and they are partically right.People with this syndrome have real tallents in some fields. Treatments :- A review of occupational  therapy treatment  over a period of 18 years in a case of  savant syndrome  was documented, demonstrating satisfactory outcome through creative techniques, memory training and to a certain extent, in social skills training, and non pr...