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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor
The mechanisms behind phantom limb pain remain mysterious. The problem could stem from a kind of cortical confusion. The brain has specific regions devoted to receiving sensory input from the body. In an uninjured person, this information - temperature, position in space, hardness and so on - flows steadily from nerve endings to cortex.
In amputees, the brain no longer receives information from the lost limb. But the receiving station still works, and without incoming data, it can go haywire.
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Sounds a bit like tinnitus.