{"id":752,"date":"2002-10-15T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2002-10-15T19:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/15\/no-wonder-im-a-wimp\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T00:35:12","slug":"no-wonder-im-a-wimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/15\/no-wonder-im-a-wimp\/","title":{"rendered":"No wonder I&#8217;m a wimp!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15739,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/reuters.com\\\/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&amp;StoryID=1574705&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.reuters.com\\\/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15740,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/article.pl?sid=02\\\/10\\\/14\\\/2248218&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/article.pl?sid=02\\\/10\\\/14\\\/2248218&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15741,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/slashdot.org\\\/comments.pl?sid=42309&amp;cid=4451881&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>According to a report to the American Society of Anaesthesiologists, natural redheads (yup, like me) have a <a href=\"http:\/\/reuters.com\/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&amp;StoryID=1574705\" title=\"That Flaming Hair Could Mean Flaming Pain - Study\">higher sensitivity to pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  People with natural red hair need about 20 percent more anesthesia than people with other hair colors, they told a meeting of anesthesiologists. The unexpected finding not only suggests that redheads are more sensitive to pain, but offers insights into how anesthesia works in people.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Red hair is the first visible human trait, or phenotype, that is linked to anesthetic requirement,&#8221; Dr. Edwin Liem of the University of Louisville in Kentucky said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;In a nutshell, redheads are likely to experience more pain from a given stimulus and therefore require more anesthesia to alleviate that pain,&#8221; he added.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So hey, I&#8217;ve got an excuse for wimping out now, right?<\/p>\n<p>Ow.<\/p>\n<p>Quit it.<\/p>\n<p>Ow.<\/p>\n<p>Quit it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/article.pl?sid=02\/10\/14\/2248218\" title=\"\/.: Redheads need more anaesthetic\">\/.<\/a> \u2014 there&#8217;s some more interesting info on redheaded genetic quirks <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/comments.pl?sid=42309&amp;cid=4451881\" title=\"\/.: About redheads\">in the comments, too<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People with natural red hair need about 20 percent more anesthesia than people with other hair colors, they told a meeting of anesthesiologists. The unexpected finding not only suggests that redheads are more sensitive to pain, but offers insights into how anesthesia works in people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[514],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}