Kusakabe, a former geriatric specialist from Osaka, explained to AFP the thinking behind his shocking proposition, saying removing paralysed limbs would make patients lighter and reduce the burden on caregivers in case the care industry reaches crisis point.
Removing a limb is not as simple as cutting it off. There can be a host of issues that follows an amputation not least of which is constant phantom pain.
Not to mention, amputation is a major operation itself.
That’s an interesting question. I assume one doesn’t feel a paralyzed limb. Would a phantom pain still occur in the case of amputation?
AFAIK Yes. If you read the Wikipedia article people born without a specific limb can also have phantom pain.
Doesn’t paralysis just mean you can’t move it, and it doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t feel? I wouldn’t also count out someone developing phantom pain after an amputation despite not having any feeling on the limb prior.
Yeah, I don’t know whether you feel anything or not - usually doctors poke your limbs with a needle and watch for reactions. I assume all the nerve communications to the limb
isare severed in most of the cases, but then again, I’m assuming.