Pain is an often unpleasant feeling that’s either caused by or associated with tissue damage.
Most of us feel pain when our bodies are harmed, or in some cases when we’re about to be harmed: our nervous system might warn us that our fingers are too close to the campfire by sending a jolt of pain to our brains, and our bodies may react to that jolt by ref…
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