why cant we just remove the pain receptors from a person with chronic pain?
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Without pain receptors your body wouldn’t be able to tell the temperature and self-regulate. Not to mention there’s millions of nerve endings so doing so would have unintended consequences. So not only would this potentially be dangerous as a person could burn themself without knowing which could lead to death via infection, but it would also disable other types of nervous system functions like just the ability to feel or move the part you’ve targeted.
They can in some situations, it’s called nerve ablation and it needs to be done every 6 months as the nerves grow back. I have this done to treat my chronic back pain.
Because there are no pain receptors. Pain is an expression from the brain, a perception like sight. It’s a culmination of things, not a single input.
Pain receptors are a misnomer. They are actually called nocioceptors and relay information about mechanical change, environmental change.
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