why cant we just remove the pain receptors from a person with chronic pain?
In: Biology
First of all there are millions of them all over your body. You’d basically be flaying and then gutting them to remove them all.
Secondly it may not do anything many times chronic pain is more to do with how their brain responds to a pain signal. Even in normal people it’s very individual. We can use fMRIs to get an idea how the brain works and see for tje same pain ‘signal’ going in people can report very diffefent experiences of pain.
Thirdly even if we invented a drug that disabled them all permanemtly you then have the problem where they will eg lean against a radiator and not realise their skin burning off. Some people are born with a condition where their brain doesn’t respond to pain and they often die young from stuff lile internal injuries or diseases they’ve no idea they had.
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