how come whenever you cut yourself or get a bruise it only hurts when youve realised youve done it,even if it was hours before and you didnt know?
2007-01-31 22:56:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Sometimes the pain impulses don't reach the brain's pain receptors as quickly as the moment of cutting or bruising thus we sometimes feel the pain a bit later.
2007-01-31 23:02:20 · answer #1 · answered by lanisoderberg69 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My theory is that you have a subconscious niggling feeling about the pain in the back of your mind but can't put it to an injury... so you start to look around for the cause of it... when you find it (i.e. cut on finger) you have somewhere to associate with the niggling in the back of your mind and the pain amplifies in that area.
Either that or it doesn't actually hurt until you accidentally put something like vinegar or another liquid near the wound... and that Definately causes a pain or two!
Either that or it is all power of the mind and out of sight out of mind :)
2007-02-01 07:05:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I was doing some work in the garden and didn't realise until I turned to go back in the house that I'd cut both my legs off at the knee with the hedge trimmers.
2007-01-31 23:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's all about the physical and mental of the mind. Sometimes the mind is so concentrate at something else, it tends to forget about the pain. That is how some people walk over red hot coals, bare feet.
2007-02-01 00:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by Someone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a moment ago I thought - what is that red stuff on my lunch... oh yes my blood from a nasty cut on my hand. I don't remember doing it, but I was using a craft scalpel half an hour ago so perhaps that might be the clue I was looking for.
2007-01-31 23:07:00 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so right. I was told by my grandmother that when you get a paper cut if you go 'ow' and look at it it will start to hurt immediately but if you carry on with what you're doing and ignore it it won't hurt and will heal quicker....and it's true!
2007-01-31 23:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by Misha-non-penguin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh im sorry you're scratching properly for the reason which you don't be conscious of if its a rash it could be sturdy to renounce itching merely incase. additionally i don't think of Nick might locate you attracive whilst itching you cheek. incredibly it being all crimson. so merely supply up and so it won't get all crimson and itch even worse. sturdy success!!! i attempted to have a sturdy answer. LOL! howdy i informed you to renounce that scratching! LOL! jk!
2016-10-16 09:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your brain is concentrating on the task in hand, it only hurts when you relax. Ouch!
2007-01-31 23:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has anybody lost an arm,I found one in the street the other day under some hedge clippings.
2007-01-31 23:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean, I cut my arm off yesterday trimming the hedge and only noticed this morning when I couldn't typ....see
2007-01-31 23:02:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋