Our body is an organized collection of many organ systems. The normal functioning of these systems is mandatory for a person to enjoy a healthy life. Any unfavorable change or chemical reaction results in the sensitization of a particular organ of the body.
The sensitization of the body in response to this unpleasant and somewhat negative change is termed pain. What happens to your body when you are in Pain?
Types of pain
Depending upon the underlying ongoing change
- Pain can be localized at one specific point or
- It can be generalized body pain (involving the full body).
Pain can also be classified based on its degree or severity into
- Mild pain
- Moderate pain
- Severe pain
Causes of pain
Pain is a symptom, not a disease. It makes a person alarmed that something is going unusual in the body that is resulting in pain. It prepares a person to get ready for the consequences.Pain reminds a person to take appropriate steps for controlling the ongoing unpleasant change from getting into a worse state. Several causes initiate pain in the body.
These are classified as Pathological causes
Pathological causes include any disease. These diseases produce pain in a specified region of the body.
They include
- Rhinitis
- Common cold
- URI ( Upper Respiratory Tract Infection)
Injury/ trauma
Such as Accidents (fall from a height, road traffic accident, cuts from the knife, burns, etc).
Psychological conditions
- Headache
- Migraine
- Muscular pain etc.
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What happens to your body when you are in pain?
Whenever our body is under the pathological phenomenon of some disease or has been injured, chemicals are released at that site. These chemicals sensitize the area and stimuli are detected in the form of pain. After the reception of the stimulus, signals are generated that are transmitted with the help of the neurons to the higher brain centers.
These signals activate particular brain areas and as a result of sensitization of the brain, neurotransmitters are released that convey the responsive signal to the effector organ. After that, a response is generated in the body. This is the actual response to the pain. Different people respond in a different ways to different painful stimuli.
These responses are classified into
- Motor response
- Cognitive response
- Behavioral response
Motor response
The motor response is that if our hand is accidentally placed on a fire or some pointed edge then the signal will be initiated to immediately move away your hand from the harm.
Behavioral response
It consists of changes in the body movements, that are to be maintained to avoid pain from increasing. For example, in case of a fracture of the hand or foot, the person stops mobilizing his/her foot to minimize the chances of dislocation until his / her fractured bones are healed properly.
Cognitive response
It can also be termed as an emotional response that how a person takes this painful stimulus. Some people start crying, some get angry or agitated, and some get tensed and depressed.
All these changes are also stored in the brain in the form of memory so that whenever the person feels the same stimulus of pain again he recalls all the events and responds accordingly. Some people get anxious and worried. This also helps the person to immediately take his medicine to control pain at its initial stages.
Conclusion
Pain is a sign that the body part is living and is responding to the stimuli in the form of pain. Pain indicates that some changes are taking place inside the body. These changes may be simple or complex. They must be stopped on time to prevent the condition from getting worse.
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