The sensation of pain partly acts as a self preservation method (i.e heat, sharpness = potential damage to the body) is it possible for the pain response to be triggered by something non damaging or vice versa?

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The sensation of pain partly acts as a self preservation method (i.e heat, sharpness = potential damage to the body) is it possible for the pain response to be triggered by something non damaging or vice versa?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Menthol in high enough dosages can make your nerves feel cold to the point of hurting. But it doesn’t do any damage.

I think there’s some electrical systems can can stimulate your nerves directly, but they can cause some small amounts of physical damage. So it’s not really damageless pain as it is incredibly disproportionate and irrelevant pain.