Males and Females React Uniquely to the Same Pain

Research involving identical pain stimulation produces unique experiences for men and women.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Research into the gender differences of pain perception is meant to lead to better implications for pain management among men and women. Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., has been studying this area and finds women experience pain differently in peripheral stimuli and central sensitization

• In studies involving men and women exposed to identical pa…