why cant we just remove the pain receptors from a person with chronic pain?

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why cant we just remove the pain receptors from a person with chronic pain?

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Because they’re tightly tied into the rest of the nervous system. Trying to go down to each individual receptor is impossible because there are millions of them, while it’s totally possible to do a nerve block for a general area, but you also lose control of that area. Like a paralyzed limb.

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