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'''Olivia Farnsworth''' (born 2009) is a British girl who is the only known person in the world to have all three symptoms of chromosome 6p deletion.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murugi|first=Monrose|title=Meet the 10-year-old girl who can’t feel pain, hunger or fatigue|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ureport/article/2001374892/meet-the-10-year-old-girl-who-can-t-feel-pain-hunger-or-fatigue|access-date=2021-04-19|website=The Standard|language=en}}</ref> The three symptoms are lack of pain, lack of hunger and lack of tiredness. Farnsworth is capable of being hurt, and she does need to eat, she just doesn't feel pain or hunger. As for sleep, it is unknown whether or not she truly needs to sleep, she allegedly went three days without sleep once.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pickles|first=Kate|date=2016-01-15|title=The 'bionic' girl who doesn't eat, rarely sleeps and doesn't feel pain|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3401566/The-bionic-girl-doesn-t-eat-rarely-sleeps-didn-t-feel-pain-dragged-street-car.html|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Mail Online}}</ref> She currently takes sleeping pills, which allow her to sleep for around six hours every night.  

== Pain ==
Farnsworth is entirely unable to feel pain. She once bit through her lip, and didn't notice. She also was in a car accident, which resulted in her getting up and asking "what's going on?" She only had minor injuries.

== Hunger ==⏎
Olivia does not feel hungry, but she does eat. She eats for pleasure, because she knows she has to, and because other people are eating. Olivia's inability to feel hunger has caused her to eat specific foods only for long periods of time. When she was younger, she would only drink milkshakes. In January of 2016, she would only eat chicken soup.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pickles|first=Kate|date=2016-01-15|title=The 'bionic' girl who doesn't eat, rarely sleeps and doesn't feel pain|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3401566/The-bionic-girl-doesn-t-eat-rarely-sleeps-didn-t-feel-pain-dragged-street-car.html|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Mail Online}}</ref> In 2016, she would eat a much wider range of foods, including fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Himelfield|first=Dave|date=2016-12-25|title=How will 'bionic girl' Olivia Farnsworth be celebrating Christmas?|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/how-bionic-girl-olivia-farnsworth-12366772|access-date=2021-04-19|website=YorkshireLive|language=en}}</ref>

== Sleep ==
It is not known whether Farnsworth actually needs to sleep. She once went three days without sleep and she had none of the usual symptoms of not sleeping. Nevertheless, she takes sleeping pills so she can sleep six hours a night. 
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