2026-04-14 00:13 UTC
That, uhh, sounds nice and all, but I don't believe it. This doesn't even make sense on the face of it: Why does removing one body part lead to phantom pain signals, but removing another body part lead to improved sensation? Do people who lose fingers develop better sensation in their remaining fingers to compensate? Wouldn't it stand to reason then that some men would get phantom foreskin pain?
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@CannonFodder@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 01:46
There's plenty of signals coming from the nerve bundles in the area. Phantom pain seems to need larger sets of nerve bundles removed/unstimulated. Is s not fully understood, but that seems to be how it works. People who lose fingers often do get increased sensitivity on other fingers and they can also get phantom pain.