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Obese People Might Be More Sensitive to Pain
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 But obese people appear to experience greater pain than non-obese people, Emery added. "It is important to look at both objective indicators of pain, as well as subjective indicators," he said. "We need to keep in mind that the subjective rating may not be reflective of physiological processes that are going on."
One expert found the study results compatible with what is known about how people experience pain.
"These results do not surprise me at all," said Dr. Doris K. Cope, director of the Pain Medicine Division at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Pain is not only a physiological stimulus-response, but the psychological interpretation of that stimulus providing a total experience of pain, Cope said. "Psychological studies of the obese demonstrate personality differences between obese and non-obese subjects, so it would not surprise me if these patients also experience pain differently as well," she said.
More information
The American Society of Anesthesiologists can tell you more about managing pain (www.asahq.org ).
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SOURCES: Charles Emery, Ph.D., professor, psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus; Doris K. Cope, M.D., professor, anesthesiology, and director, Pain Medicine Division, University of Pittsburgh; March 4, 2006, presentation, American Psychosomatic Society annual meeting, Denver
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