The sensory feeling of pain is the body's messenger telling us that something is wrong. The receptors for pain are the branching ends of specific nerves. Since pain is essential in telling us that the body has an injury, there is no acclimation to a specific pain sense - the pain remains until the injury is healed or medication is taken that blocks the pain. There are some instances where pain receptors have been stimulated for such a long period of time that the pain remains even after the cause has been relieved.
Somatic pain is the pain felt on the skin, in joints and muscles.
Visceral pain originates in the outer covering of internal organs. Most pain will respond to medication, however there are some instances in which surgery is required to interrupt the pain signal between the pain site and the brain. The pain may be felt on a body surface area that is far removed from the source of the pain. All rights reserved. No copyright is claimed for material reproduced from the public domain.