Abstract
Small painless somatic lesions can be made painful by causing ischemia in a short length of the nerve to the lesion, or by alkalemia induced by overbreathing. The pain is due to (a) subthreshold (for pain) nerve impulses arising in the peripheral ulcer and (b) hypersensitivity of the ischemic section of the nerve. These combine to produce pain.

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