Why are pain receptors important?
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With pain, You touch a hot pan, it burns your hand, it hurts, you pull your hand away. You have a minor burn
Without pain you touch a hot pan and it continues burning your hand until you smell burning flesh and you have to go to the hospital for a 3rd degree burn.
The excruciating pain of a broken bone is good motivation to take care in making sure you have a healthy risk profile with regards to activities that might cause bones to break.
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