title: [Pain as a stimulator of protective and curative processes (the theory of pain)].
abstract: The work deals with the theoretical approach to problem of pain. The mechanism of the appearance of pain is considered as lack of correspondence between functional capacity of the nervous system and the presented load. The function of pain as reparator and stimulator of defensive forces of the organism in pathological processes is disclosed. The possible employment of pain as a curative factor in practical medicine is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004194:Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Bol' kak stimuliator zashchitnykh i reparativnykh protsessov (teoriia boli).