I get what you’re saying. If we can’t feel when our food is being digested, why can we feel things such as gas bubbles?
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A heating pad works at I helps the cramping muscles to relax. Warm muscles naturally relax, probably to not become overheated. Therefore, less cramp and less pain.
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Why do they exist? To help us know when we need food??
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there is so many nerves in the intestinal tract that some people call it ”The second brain”.
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There are very many nerve endings all along the intestinal tract. They are different than the sensory and motor nerves of, say, your skin and muscles, but they very much exist. They are called visceral nerves (viscera = guts).
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Where did you see that there aren’t any nerves in the GI tract?
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Ischemia— tissues deprived of oxygen from twisting or pressure can hurt immensely. This is why period cramps hurt so much, too.
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