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Is anyone born without a sense of touch?

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Anaphia (or "tactile anesthesia") is generally a consequence of neuropathy or spinal cord damage. A quick google check of medical dictionaries suggests it can be a congenital condition too. read more

Anaphia (or "tactile anesthesia") is generally a consequence of neuropathy or spinal cord damage. A quick google check of medical dictionaries suggests it can be a congenital condition too. read more

Sense - Wikipedia What we call touch is really multiple senses and people are born missing some (worst might be without nociception - no sense of pain). I haven't heard of anyone born with more than 2 senses missing. I doubt a pregnancy with more all missing would come to term. read more

But then, without the internal senses for things like blood carbon dioxide, or blood glucose, they would not be alive in any sense for long. If you mean someone born without a sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell, I think that is possible but extremely unlikely. read more

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