How come our bodies can take a beating with punches, slaps, etc., but if we touch a hot pan even for half a second, you get burned and your skin starts blistering immediately?
In: Biology
This can’t be explained because it’s wrong. You get punched and swelling starts immediately. You get slapped and redness begins immediately. Your body reacts to punching and slapping as quickly as it reacts to a burn, but a burn is generally a more severe trauma, matched by a more severe response.
Unless you get punched right on the button ( and by *button* I mean the chin or jaw – or even behind the ear). Then, nine times out of ten, you’ll go down and/or be knocked out cold. That’s arguably as severe as a burn blister.
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