EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -A new Michigan State University study is shedding light on a longstanding question in medicine: why, on average, pain seems to last longer for women than for men.
Doctors who study chronic pain have found that, in general, women experience pain for a longer period than men following an injury. This has led to stigma, with some doctors taking chronic pain less seriously in female patients.
A new study published today in the journal “Science Immunology” shows there is an actual mechanism at work. Higher testosterone levels allow men’s bodies to shut down pain more quickly…