Men and Women Feel Pain Differently, Women Lack off Switch

Men have a pain-suppressing circuit which links their brain to their spinal cord. When the circuit is activated by pain, endorphins are released and help lessen the feeling.

However, new studies have shown that the circuit does not release the analgesic endorphins in women.

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The discovery could have an impact for how pain and illnesses in women are treated. Most of what is currently known about the brain comes from studies of male animals and male human volunteers.

A report, published in the New Scientist today, said: "If even a small proportion of what has been inferred from these studies does not apply to females, it means a huge body of research has been built on shaky foundations.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2304632/Women-feel-chronic-pain-more-than-men-because-their-brains-are-different.html

hey, my switch must be broken!!!!!!!

I guess it applies to men as well as women Ed

This explains much! All of my doctors have been male!

someone needs to fix my switch hehehe

mustang302 wrote:

someone needs to fix my switch hehehe

Ed my friend, I think our switch is stuck

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just flip a switch and all our pain would go away

Ed you still out there buddy? Did you have your shot today?

nopes.... the doc said i was good to go for now, gotta go back in september for a checkup....ive posted in the spiny section bout the whole thing

Brianna wrote:

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just flip a switch and all our pain would go away

Yes, but that would put the doctors out of business wouldn't it?