• Question: Why is it important that we feel pain?

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Daren Fearon answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Pain is a sign that something is wrong and without out it we wouldn’t realise and could cause serious damage to our bodies. Take a burn for example, say you put your hand on a hot surface but you couldn’t feel pain. You would leave your hand there and it would end up quite badly hurt before you realised.

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      anon answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Some people are born with a condition called congenital analgesia, which means that they can’t feel any pain and they can walk around with a broken leg and not realise it. This can obviously be really dangerous for the body because the broken bone can cut through your blood supply and cause you to bleed to death!

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      Lynne Thomas answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      Like Jenny and Daren has said, pain is a warning signal that is sent to our brain. Without it, we would do things that would damage us and our bodies evolved a pain system to prevent this.

    • Photo: Phillip Manning

      Phillip Manning answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      This is a crucial adaptation to allow an organism to safely interact with its environment and no when to take evasive action….to stop being hurt or eaten!

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