How do aspirin work? How do they know where the pain is?
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Well, technically speaking, pain is in your head. Whenever a part of your body becomes damaged, your nerves send a signal to your brain. Your brain then sends another signal back to the hurt part of your body to begin "hurting". All the aspirin does is block the neuron receptors in your brain so that the messages don't get sent or received.
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I think the Aspirin gets in your blood stream and hits all the bad spots;)(Just Guessing)
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This is a bit oversimplified, but it works like this: when you touch your foot, your nerves react by sending a chemical and electrical message to your brain. Your brain decodes the message and that's how you "feel" what happened. The way pain relievers work is they go intor your brain and temporarily jam up the decoders that receive the "pain" message. So when you are in pain, the nerves send a message to the brain but the brain doesn't respond to it. There is much, much more to it than that, but it's basically how it works; it's all in the brain. Someone could stick a probe in your brain and send messages to the correct areas making you feel tons of different sensations: the smell of cut grass, and itch on your right ear, tons of stuff.
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its a good question, I dont know how they find 'the pain' as such, but I do know that any asprin based products actually affect the platelets in our bodies. They unfortunately stop them from working as they should. Now, in the case of a potential stroke, this is fine, but for the usual person, asprin does prevent the platelets rom doing their job properly . Doctors prescribe asprin to stroke patients, as well, it can be used for the 'long haul' flights, to prevent DVT ( deep vein thrombosis) or blood clots. If you take asprin for any length of time, and are involved in an accident where you are cut or blood is flowing, it takes longer for your blood to clot, it can be dangerous. Asprin should't be given to children. The other option for pain relief is the paracetamol based products, now , they affect the functioning of the liver ! ther is no guilt free pain relief unfortunately !
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