Improvability Blog

Researchers have begun a trial to see whether pale-skinned and red-haired people like actress Marcia Cross (right) react differently to pain.

They believe that redheads may need greater levels of anaesthetic during operations or increased painkillers.

Researchers at Southampton University Hospital have recruited redheaded volunteers aged over 30, anaesthetised them and gave them small electric shocks on the thigh.

They were then tested to see if they felt more pain than a control group who had black or brown hair.

The trial is due to end in September 2012.

Researchers believe that the same gene which determines whether someone has red hair is also involved in the production of endorphins, the body’s natural painkiller.

Red hair is the result of a variant of a gene that plays a key role in human hair and skin colour.

A U.S. study published in 2002 found that women with red hair needed 19 per cent more painkillers.

The same researchers also found in 2009 that redheads were more anxious about dental treatment and more than twice as likely to avoid a visit. A separate Danish study suggests red-headed people feel the cold more but could handle eating hot food.

Dr Edwin Liem, who led the studies at Louisville University, said: “Redheads experience more pain from a given stimulus and therefore require more anaesthesia to alleviate that pain.

“The art and science of anaesthesiology is determining just the right amount of anaesthesia to achieve unconsciousness, pain tolerance and suppression of memory without causing adverse consequences, such as cardiac or pulmonary complications.

“Red hair is apparently an important element in this decision.”

Source: telegraph.co.uk
26th March 2012

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