7 Illnesses That Are Clearly Superpowers In Disguise

5. Congenital Analgesia - Makes You Impervious To Pain

This disease is found in people who cannot feel pain. In fact, most of these cases involve people who've never felt pain. They can feel some stimulus, such as a human touch, and the condition doesn't seem to affect intelligence or your outward appearance. At first glance, this disease can be seen as an awesome benefit, seeing as you would be able to withstand things like torture and physical trauma. Without silly things like pain getting in the way, you could have an army of soldiers who will keep fighting like they subscribe to Bushido. Actually, that sounds a bit dangerous. Thankfully, there are some obvious downsides to never being able to feel pain. Children who have the condition, but don't know about it, may end up seriously damaging their bodies. Without pain telling them that biting your tongue and breaking your bones is a bad thing, you're more likely to suffer from internal bleeding and other fatal ails. Even though congenital analgesia is rare, there is one place where it actually isn't. In a village in Sweden, there have been over 40 reported cases. Either the disease is genetic, or the Swedish are planning something big.