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Men feel more pain than women while recovering from major surgery, a study suggests.
More than 10,000 patients were monitored after operations, including heart or abdominal surgery, at a hospital in Germany.
Interviews with male and female patients, presented at the Euroanaesthesia conference, showed the men were reporting more pain.
Experts said gender differences in pain were still a disputed issue.
Hormones may play a role - the male sex hormone testosterone can reduce pain and women's pain thresholds are altered by the menstrual cycle.
Cultural and psychological factors are also thought to be involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27662310
More than 10,000 patients were monitored after operations, including heart or abdominal surgery, at a hospital in Germany.
Interviews with male and female patients, presented at the Euroanaesthesia conference, showed the men were reporting more pain.
Experts said gender differences in pain were still a disputed issue.
Hormones may play a role - the male sex hormone testosterone can reduce pain and women's pain thresholds are altered by the menstrual cycle.
Cultural and psychological factors are also thought to be involved.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27662310
