Why do paper cuts hurt so much?
- Written by Gabriel Neal, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Texas A&M University
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Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off.
Recall your sense of relief to finish that thank-you note to your aunt for the lovely sweater she sent you three months...