ie-would pouring alcohol on a wound continuously make it hurt less and less every time you add more?
2007-03-06 14:07:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I am not sure about the whole alcohol thing, but yes, as your body experiences pain over and over again, it begins to adapt to it or tune it out.
A prime example of this is with a full-contact fighter (martial arts, boxer, kick boxing, etc..). When you begin, getting punched hurts like h*ll. After a period of months to a year, after getting punched, hit, and beaten repeatedly, your body adjusts and getting hit really doesn't hurt at all.
Most transitions take place over long periods of time. With your "alcohol on an open wound" example, I don't think that a wound would be open in the same place long enough for the body to adjust to the pain. You might get used to it after a few days I guess.
2007-03-06 14:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by Slider728 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is yes And no. You would build a tolerence to that pain not all other pain. Remember pain is good its your bodies way of telling you that something is wrong.
2007-03-06 22:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by Brian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. i have an extremely high tolerance for pain because i just deal with it when it hurts and thenit hurts less next time i do it. its all mind over matter (yeah i know that sounds like BS but its true)
2007-03-06 22:11:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think if you continued to feel that pain your body would eventually tune it out.
2007-03-06 22:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by upstairs_albert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try it on yourself to find out.
2007-03-06 22:17:36 · answer #5 · answered by electroncloud 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋