• Question: why does electricity hurt when you touch a live cable?

    Asked by to Anna on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Anna Middleton answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Hi xoxlauraxox
      we hurt because our nerves fire signals to our brain and chemicals in the brain fire out more signals that make us feel pain. This process is controlled by genes. Electricity shocks the nerves and set off this chain reaction.

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