American Heart Association says High Pain Tolerance may mask Heart Attack Symptoms
December 24, 2016
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report
Dallas, TX – Heart attacks may go unrecognized among individuals with high pain tolerance, putting them at an increased risk for poor recoveries, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
A heart attack does not always have obvious symptoms, such as pain in your chest, shortness of breath and cold sweats.
This is the cold pressor test that measured pain tolerance as participants placed their hand in ice-cold water at 3 degrees Celsius (about 37 degrees Fahrenheit) for as long as possible, up to two minutes. From Researcher Andrea Ohrn, M.D., study lead author and Ph.D. Fellow at University of Tromsø in Norway. (Stina Grønbech)
