When it's hard to breathe, maybe pain doesn't matter. Focus on "Dyspnea as a noxious sensation: inspiratory threshold loading may trigger diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in humans".
Published Feb 1, 2007 · R. Banzett, R. Gracely, R. Lansing
Journal of neurophysiology
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Abstract
Dyspnea (shortness of breath) and pain are well-evolved warnings of important physiological derangements that may require animals to alter their behavior to survive. Dyspnea and pain are also two of the most common symptoms that bring patients to medical care, another potentially adaptive behavior.
Study Snapshot
Key takeawayDyspnea and pain are well-evolved warnings of physiological derangements, and both can lead to adaptive behavior and medical care.
PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)
Sample size24
MethodsObservational
OutcomesBody Mass Index projections
ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.