Woman 'enjoys' her very first sensation of pain

• Autores: Jessica Hamzelou
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3051, 2015, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A woman has felt pain for the first time aged 39, following an experiment that could lead to powerful new ways to treat painful conditions such as arthritis. The woman was born with a genetic condition that means she cannot feel pain, but a drug normally used to treat drug overdoses enabled her to feel the pain of a laser beam on her skin--a sensation scientists say she quite enjoyed. John Wood at the University College London isn't sure whether this will be an option, since long-term use of naloxone could have side effects. The opposite approach, however, may help to treat pain, he says.