Women patients Feel More Pain When With partner, Study Suggests

Women patients Feel More Pain When With partner, Study Suggests
Women patients Feel More Pain When With partner, Study Suggests

The presence of the couple during painful medical procedures can make women feel worse instead of better, the researchers say.

It was most pronounced in women who tend to avoid convergence in their relationships and found a small increase in the study of pain.

The authors say that a loved one to bring along support may not be the best strategy for each patient being.

It seems that the work in the Journal of Social Cognitive and emotional Neuroscience.
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According to researchers at University College London, Kings College London and the University of Hertfordshire, there was very little scientific research on the effects of having a partner to imagine someone in pain, despite this being a medical advice common.

They recruited 39 heterosexual couples and asked them a series of questions or how hard he tried to avoid closeness and intimacy in the emotional ties to measure.

It then displays all voluntary to a series of painful laser pulses, while his partner was in and then left the room.

Women were asked to record the level of pain. Also measured brain activity using EEG requested a medical examination.

The researchers found that some women were more likely to score high levels of pain, while his partner was in the room.

It was these women who said they prefer to avoid proximity, trust more than their partners and I felt uncomfortable in their relationships.

Researchers say these findings are reflected in tests of brain activity as well.

When the current partners, the effects of EEG nailed higher than the activity of women in brain regions associated with the suffering body showed threat.

Dr. Katernia Fotopoulou, one of the principal investigators, told the BBC: "Our research shows a review not suit everyone.

"The advice that you should have a partner that will not always work if people are more concerned about reducing the level of pain you feel."

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Dr. Amanda Williams, the University College of London, an independent suspension: "This research fits well with previous studies - report some children feel more pain in the presence of their parents.

"This is particularly true when their parents are more concerned about them.

"People assume that the presence of a partner, a parent or other close relative the gift is always useful, but it clearly is not the case.

"We have to understand that do not fit with this advice."...

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