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What does it mean when your skin is like raw to the touch ? i hit my hand yesterday and now it hurts to touch it and feels almost raw !
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Abrasion?: Hard to say without seeing it. Did you scrape the skin off? Otherwise, sometimes just banging it can make the nerves hypersensitive.
Answered 6/9/2013
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Hypersenstive?: When the skin feels like "raw to the touch" after sustaining a trauma, that means that the nerve ending conducting the signal of touch is hypersensitive, because of the disruption of the nerve conduction and is sending electrical signals in an exaggerated manner, making you feel pain. This will recover in a few days, without any treatment.
Answered 3/3/2020
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