Rate your pain
How to measure pain tolerance? Researchers have developed a blood test that can assess the severity of pain, allowing for a more objective view of a currently subjective diagnosis. Diagnosing and appropriately treating pain has always posed a challenge due to the highly subjective nature of the sensation. In an attempt to answer the question: “How to measure pain tolerance?”, researchers from Indiana University (IN, USA) have developed a blood test to identify biomarkers of pain severity and quantify the sensation. “We have developed a prototype for a blood test that can objectively tell doctors if the patient is in...
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