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Thirsty People Feel More Pain

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ouch-i'm-thirsty dept.

Bifurcati writes "Being thirsty makes you more sensitive to pain, according to a recent study. By simultaneously doing brain scans, new areas of the brain were activated when both pain and thirst were present, apparently making the pain more "painful" - perhaps a survival method so that pain is prioritized over thirst. They'd like to do more research, but ethical issues make it tough - even these subjects had to spend three hours being poked and prodded!"

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  1. It's true... by megla · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...all true!
    Whenever I've been without a beer for a while, the pain just kicks in man. Oh the terrible pain!

    1. Re:It's true... by Trepalium · · Score: 2, Funny

      Depends. He could be drinking American beer. It's mostly water, after all.

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  2. Foreplay by imoou · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's why foreplay is so important so that one can sustain prolonged poking.

    Dry == Painful.

    I'll probably be modded off topic since no one here would understand what I'm saying.

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    1. Re:Foreplay by panaceaa · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll probably be modded off topic since no one here would understand what I'm saying.

      Hey man, we're a lot more oldschool than you think. When my family got our first 286 computer I started to program BASIC and learned all about peeking and poking. A couple times I accidentally poked inside an infinite loop, and the 286 held up quite well -- even over prolonged periods of time.

      I'm not sure what foreplay has to do with it, but I did enjoy a good game of Snarf!

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  3. Re:Completely OT, but I was wondering the other da by amazon10x · · Score: 2, Funny

    For velcro-chest-hair-pockets

  4. Re:This might be true. by tool462 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm betting that taking a couple minute break every 30 minutes wasn't hurting anything either ;)

  5. the perfect test patient... by Bananatree3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Find a self-inflicting sadist, and voila!

  6. Re:what about pleasure? by dzarn · · Score: 5, Funny

    If not drinking water amplifies pain, wouldn't the same be true from a not-so-distant-cousin, pleasure?

    If getting shot causes pain, wouldn't the same be true for its not-so-distant-cousin, pleasure?

  7. Riiiiiight.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He is arguing for a new scientific approach that turns clinical medicine on its head."

    Daily Mail, London, UK

    That sounds credible.

  8. Re:Dehydration and pain - link known for nearly 30 by RomulusNR · · Score: 5, Funny

    by the late Fereydoon Batmanghelidj M.D.

    Does he introduce himself by saying, "I'm Batman!...ghelidj" ?

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  9. Re:Dehydration and pain - link known for nearly 30 by jsprat · · Score: 5, Funny

    What few people realize is that Dr. Batmanghelidj is really Bruce Wayneghelidj's alter ego. Everybody knows that the Wayneghelidj Water has a stranglehold on the world's water distribution networks, so who really benefits if everyone drinks more water? ;)

  10. Re:what about pleasure? by jd0g85 · · Score: 5, Funny
    If not drinking water amplifies pain, wouldn't the same be true from a not-so-distant-cousin, pleasure?

    I dunno, but where can I sign up for the study?

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  11. Re:This might be true. by gkhan1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, maybe the "bathroom breaks" caused the carpal tunnel syndrome in the first place! Anyone check his breifcase for "grown-up" magazines?

  12. I will get... by mondoterrifico · · Score: 2, Funny

    I will get first post in 30 minutes, when everyone that ran off to drink water
    has to go pee. My evil plan is working!
    Muhahaha
    haha
    ha
    :)

  13. Huh. by Mithrandir86 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean I should hold my next S&M party out in the desert?

  14. Re:Dehydration and pain - link known for nearly 30 by darkmeridian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dr. B.: "I hold the idea that the AIDS is not a viral disease, but is a metabolic disorder precipitated by an exaggerated way of life."

    Me: "I have a needle with HIV in blood sera. So you would not mind if I..."

    Dr. B: "Uh, wait..."

    >> Jab.

    Me: "Oops."

    Dr. B: "Croak."

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  15. Huh. by xx01dk · · Score: 2, Funny

    so that's why I didn't feel a thing when I fell of the balcony at that kegger...

    oh, wait...

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    There is simply too much glass..
  16. Re:Dehydration and pain - link known for nearly 30 by CRC'99 · · Score: 2, Funny

    by the late Fereydoon Batmanghelidj M.D.

    Does he introduce himself by saying, "I'm Batman!...ghelidj" ?

    I don't think he'll be introducing himself to anyone anytime soon....

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  17. Oh, man... by Silencer-7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    As if that coyote didn't have it bad enough. "meep meep!" WHAM!!! "Agh....I'm so....thirsty."

  18. Re: Your sig by Ihlosi · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... are physically painful to read ...



    Drink more water ?