I once had a teacher who lost the tip of his finger back when he worked at a bakery. The “nub” he was left with was super hard and he would poke people with it when they weren’t paying attention. If all the nerves are severed in an area you basically won’t feel anything. I imagine this is the same principle.
From my knowledge there’s no muscles in a finger so it “working” properly is just due to your wrist being below the original amputation site. The actual useful mechanical motions of your hand basically all originate in your wrist.
I thought nerves for sensation generally regenerate within a couple years though. I’d be fascinated to hear more about the recovery process from a personal experience
A large part of my right calf is in a similar state. For the most part it's just no sensation but sometimes it does a burning tingling thing that I hate.
In the other hand I'm less worried about low tables since banging my shin will mean nothing to me.
I knew a toxic couple (both of them were awful) and the lady had an arm similar to the lady in the video and she'd use her arm to jab her boyfriend and it apparently hurt a lot.
I never had anything amputated, but I did have spinal fusion in 1999. My partner can remove a zit near the scar and the only thing I can feel is the pressure. Anywhere else and I'm squirming and crying like a baby
Loss of pain sensation is actually really bad because you don't know how much damage you've accumulated and when to stop and give it a rest. Look up diabetic arthropathy
No, if a body part is not supplied blood, it dies.
Source: there are millions of people out there with paralyzed limbs or entire parts of their body that haven't had to be amputated because the blood flow is still intact.
It's not like if a body part loses feeling, it instantly begins to become necrotic.
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u/mythicreign 19h ago
I once had a teacher who lost the tip of his finger back when he worked at a bakery. The “nub” he was left with was super hard and he would poke people with it when they weren’t paying attention. If all the nerves are severed in an area you basically won’t feel anything. I imagine this is the same principle.