Pain causes people to push painful object farther away or to move farther from pain source {pain, effects}. Sharp pain causes withdrawal reflexes, writhing, jumping away, and wincing as people try to alleviate pain. Writhing escapes stimulus or pushes away stimulus. Painful skin stimuli cause flexion reflexes. Muscle contractions inhibit blood flow and squeeze out poisons. To avoid reinjury and allow body to rebuild rather than use, dull and chronic pain reduces overall activity. People can have no reaction to pain.
Pain causes attention to object. People cannot ignore pain caused by high-intensity stimulus. Pain makes other goals seem unimportant. To allow recovery from tissue damage, pain causes attention to damage, such as wounds. To avoid future pain causes, pain triggers learning about possibly painful situations. People also learn pain responses.
Pain can cause anxiety, increase breathing rate, increase blood pressure, dilate pupils, increase sweat, and make time appear to flow more slowly.
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