For instance today I removed a mole with excision (cutting it off) at the doctors office with local anaesthesia of course. It has been hours since the procedure and the anaesthesia is long gone, yet I’ve felt barely any pain while literally still having an open wound (no stitches) on my back. I’ve noticed this with other types of pains as well, breaking my wrist, getting bruises from falling and superficial cuts and wounds. The only time I’ve had pain for days was after an actual big surgery. Why is pain often so short lived?
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Acute pain is your body telling you to stop whatever it is that you’re doing, **immediately**. Once you’ve stopped and the damage is already done, your body doesn’t need to keep sending that signal.
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