Could be key to easing chronic pain

[buriedinbooks]

Interesting article about CP from Harvard University Gazette. Can be found in its entirety at

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/...6/01-pain.html

"...Stabbing back pain or the aches of arthritis send some people to bed in misery while the same distress seems easily tolerated by others. Why does pain hurt some people more than others? Scientists finally have an answer...


...People who do not have a pain-protective variety of the gene, called GCH1, which controls production of BH4, feel the most pain. Those who inherit one copy from their parents, about 25-30 percent of us, receive enviable protection. Those who are born with two such gene forms, one each from their father and mother, are the luckiest. They comprise about 2-3 percent of the population..."

[Diandra]

Wow....thanks Buriedinbooks....that is a fascinating article. I have always wondered why some folks can tolerate immense pain and others crumple from mild pain. Very interesting.....thanks for the link.
Diandra

[BrokenBladder]

Thanks for giving us this link. Great information!!

[RustyD]

Thanks... Great Article...