At first sight the study of human anatomy may appear very difficult. It is tru?e that it is not simple and your studies wont change that. As for being overwhelming, this can be solved if you take it one step at a time. I found an article on Sebs Study Crammer very useful for this.

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I accept what you have written - definately not as easy than some people make out to treat neuropathy at home. Be cautious and take advice from other people. I searched round many websites and found some expert advice by searching google on sites like Gabs Neuro Guide. Good luck and hope you succeed!

That would take 30 seconds: Pressure and fine touch sensors share the same tract as pain travelling through the spinothalamic tract (either anterior: fast localized or lateral: slow unsure throbbing). Since they converge on the same Dorsal horn on the spine, if you rub a hurt area after scraping your knee, the fine touch Limenscal Tract fires like crazy effectively "taking over" the pathway with more touch going in the dorsal horn than pain. Think of it as narrowing a door in a movie theater filled with obese people where the obese people are pain and the door width is stimulation of touch via the limescal tract. If you narrow the door, the obese people would take forever to get out because they are so big and the door is so small. Widen the door (by stop rubbing the effected area) and all the obese people (pain) can exit and pain is recieved in greater magnitude.