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18 / 01 / 2015

 


Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults

Priya SA, Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D.


Abstract
Background: Many studies have established a relationship between the administration of small amounts of sweet-tasting
(sucrose) solution to the tongue and analgesia in rat pups and human infants. Hence, we intended to study the relationship
between pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults.

Aims & Objective: To measure and compare duration of pain onset and duration of pain tolerance when nothing was placed
in the mouth, when water was placed in the mouth, and when sugar was placed in the mouth.

Materials and Methods: A total of 40 healthy male adults of the age group 20–30 years participated in this study. The cold
pressor task (CPT) using cold water (7 ± 5 C) was administered on each subject with nothing in mouth, and duration of the
pain onset (in seconds) and pain tolerance (in seconds) was recorded using a stopwatch. Similar CPT and recordings were
obtained when the subjects had distilled water (25 ml) and 25% of sucrose solution (25 ml) in their mouths, after 10-min
rest between each intervention.

Results: A paired t-test was conducted to compare the pain onset and pain tolerance duration in the three conditions, which
revealed that the mean scores of both pain onset (in seconds) and pain tolerance (in seconds) for the sugar-in-mouth
condition were higher than those with nothing-in-mouth condition (P < 0.001).

Conclusion: The study results suggest that sugar-in-mouth condition does have an effect on pain onset and pain tolerance,
showing a reduced sensitivity to pain when the subjects placed sugar in the mouth. It shows a relationship between sweettasting
solution and analgesia in adults also. Probably endogenous opioids may also play a role.

Key words: Pain Onset; Duration Of Pain Tolerance; Cold Pressor Task


 
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Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2015; 5(1): 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141


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Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. 2015; 5(1): 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



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Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol. (2015), [cited March 14, 2024]; 5(1): 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



Harvard Style

Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D (2015) Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol, 5 (1), 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



Turabian Style

Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. 2015. Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5 (1), 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



Chicago Style

Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. "Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 5 (2015), 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D. "Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults." National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology 5.1 (2015), 25-27. Print. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Priya SA , Savitri Siddanagoudar, Shobha C Nallulwar, Neelam D (2015) Correlation of pain sensitivity and sweet taste in healthy male adults. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 5 (1), 25-27. doi:10.5455/njppp.2015.5.110720141