The body is able to protect itself from severe pain
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Workers of medicine have long known about the protective functions of the human body. Last month, scientists from the University of Michigan said about the previously unknown ability of a person at critical moments to develop painkillers. Substances produced by the human body, scientists called analgesics of natural origin. At the moment it is determined that such a function can only be realized at critical moments.
American experts followed the human body and found that the ability of a person to produce the necessary medicinal substances appears during a critical moment for the body. For each person, the body determines the so-called "last point" in its own way. For someone, the critical moment can be a serious injury or injury, painful shock, for another - a strong stress or nervous shock.
Scientists from Michigan have developed a special technology with which it will be possible to "force" the human body to produce an anesthetic substance on its own. To achieve this effect, it is necessary to stimulate the brain with the help of light discharges of electric current, as a result of which the body begins to resist and form natural analgesics. Among the endogenous opiates (the so-called substances, analgesics, produced by the body), scientists have isolated endorphins.
This discovery can be considered revolutionary in medicine, since before that no one was able to force the human body "to order" to produce any substances, especially painkillers. The method of reproduction by the body of an anesthetic will be especially important for people in whom analgesics cause an allergic reaction, as well as for cancer patients: often analgesics do not have a proper effect and can even interfere with effective treatment. Also this method will suit people with unstable psyche, as it is not addictive and has no side effects.
The only drawback of the invented method is that the technology of formation of natural analgesics in the body will not always be effective in relation to some severe pains, especially chronic ones. It was possible to establish that the pain caused by migraine can not be eliminated without potent medicines.
The technology will also benefit from the fact that after using light discharges of electric current and the formation of a natural analgesic, the pain threshold (30-35%) is significantly increased in a person, it becomes more stable and tolerant to pain. Doctors comment that this study of human capabilities is not completed. Specialists are more than sure that the resources of the human body are not even exhausted, and that with proper control of the brain from the outside, you can achieve stunning results. The fact that the human body is capable of producing an anesthetic substance on its own is a proof that a person is able to protect himself from negative effects.