Barbin J Y, Robert R, Fresche F, Lajat J, Menegalli-Boggelli D
C.H.U. Hôpital G. Nantes.
Chirurgie. 1992;118(4):202-9.
Pain is as old as mankind. It has a threshold beyond which nobody can escape it. Pain is a biological and physiological phenomenon, an integrated part of our body and ego. Will all our efforts eventually make it disappear? Is its disappearance desirable? Pain is one of the major expressions of sensation. It is integrated by the central structures and expressed as a behavior of avoidance or attenuation of the effects produced by the cause of pain. The study of this behavior and of the transmission of the pain message corresponds to the study of how to fight against this message, which means that it should logically lead to the treatment of pain.
疼痛与人类一样古老。它有一个阈值，超过这个阈值就无人能逃脱。疼痛是一种生物和生理现象，是我们身体和自我的一个组成部分。我们所有的努力最终会让它消失吗？它的消失是可取的吗？疼痛是感觉的主要表现之一。它由中枢结构整合，并表现为避免或减轻疼痛原因所产生影响的行为。对这种行为以及疼痛信息传递的研究，等同于对如何对抗这种信息的研究，这意味着从逻辑上讲，它应该导向疼痛的治疗。
