Women More Sensitive to Pain Than Men

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[chance33_98]

Women More Sensitive to Pain Than Men

But study didn't find any racial differences in pain thresholds

THURSDAY, April 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Blacks and whites have about the same sensitivity to pain, but women appear to be more sensitive to it than men.

That's what Duke University researchers report in the April issue of the Journal of Pain.

"Many pain medications are addictive and have unpleasant side effects, so it's important for physicians to be able to understand exactly how much pain their patients are experiencing," lead researcher and psychologist Dr. Tavis Campbell said in a prepared statement.

He conducted the study while at Duke; he's now at the University of Calgary in Canada.

"This research supports well-established findings of slightly higher sensitivity to pain among women compared to men, but revealed no difference between whites and African-Americans," Campbell said.

Previous research and anecdotal evidence have suggested blacks are more sensitive to pain than whites. Campbell suggested pain assessment procedures may be responsible for such racial differences in pain sensitivity.

His study included 76 men and 59 women aged 25 to 45; 72 were black, the rest white. A blood pressure cuff was inflated on the arm of each study participant and left inflated for several minutes. That created an aching sensation. The participants rated their pain according to standard pain rating scales, which gauge both the intensity and the unpleasantness of the pain.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

What exactly is it about women that makes them think labor and cramps are a big deal? Last I checked, this is what women had vaginas for...

[sonserae]

Yes, there are sissy, girly-men here...many!...but the real men I know are just as wussy...They like being nurtured and pampered and have their boo-boos kissed. Men will always be little boys.

[onyx]

Labor can't be all that bad?


Question for you:

As compared to what?

[cupcakes]

I'm with you. I'm more inclined to believe that men are just less likely to discuss their medical conditions so it is easy to get the impression of all these "brave" women with chronic conditions coming to work and toughing it out because they are more open about their chronic conditions. Men, generally, don't seem to discuss these matters at work unless they have to so the impression is that only the healthy men are at work, when I bet there are men dealing with chronic conditions who don't feel the need to discuss them with their coworkers like their female counterparts ie they are dealing with pain too, but don't tell the whole office about it.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Perhaps you married a candy ass? BTW, until around 60 years ago, every woman on earth had her child without medication. Do you want some kind of medal for this?

[sonserae]

I told you all it must be an April Fool's joke!

[WKB]

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[jackbill]

How about some more "anecdotal evidence"?

What is the ratio of women to men who say "I have a headache"?

[sonserae]

Oh...nice!
Okay...let us all transfer our labor and cramp pain to this dude and see how he likes it.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

It's called higher body fat percentage...think penguin.

[annyokie]

He's an idiot. One more to add to the "ignore poster" list.

How are you?

Diane

[Arpege92]

"Tell me that men deal with cramps and labor pains."

I know the pain of cramps and labor pains all too well....my poor hubby has been on the recieving end during these painful times for me and he's been a real trooper! I can't tell you how many times he's taken a ride to the drug store to pick up that all important MIDOL....I think we should buy stock in that company.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Why are women so silly? Who says child birth is so painful, women? You have all of the parts for it. You are built to do it. It really can't be as bad as you think.

[saquin]

Hasn't anyone considered that this is a "reporting" problem, rather than a "sensitivity" problem? There's no way to know how much pain each person is experiencing or how well they can handle it. There is, however, intense social pressure on men to appear "strong". Couldn't it just be that the women in the study were more willing to report they were feeling pain than the men, who didn't want to appear "wimpy"?

[Arpege92]

LOL....you call it "sensitive" huh? My hubby calls it "torture time"!

[mombonn]

What exactly is it about women that makes them think labor and cramps are a big deal?

Try child birth sometime, dude. Then, comment.

Until then, thank your mother that she endured pain on your behalf.

[annyokie]

AB, you have proved yourself to be an A class jerk-off.

[Senator Pardek]

Duh - your surface area shrank at a greater rate than your mass. Thanks for proving my point ;)

[Arpege92]

"One time I was in the emergency room with heart races, and my husband asked the nurses if they had any cold medicine for him."

ROTFLMAO Classic....can't wait to share that with my hubby!

[saquin]

Why are women so silly? Who says child birth is so painful, women? You have all of the parts for it. You are built to do it. It really can't be as bad as you think.

Just because women have "the parts" for it doesn't mean it isn't intensely painful. And dangerous. Women die during childbirth despite having "all the parts". Don't be an ass.