{"id":4100,"date":"2026-02-23T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/women-suffer-with-chronic-pain-longer-than-men\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:00:48","slug":"women-suffer-with-chronic-pain-longer-than-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/women-suffer-with-chronic-pain-longer-than-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Women suffer with chronic pain longer than men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-02-23 14:00:46<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Chronic pain lasts longer in women than in men.<BR><br \/>\nHormone-regulated cells help to ease pain, but researchers at Michigan State University in the US have discovered that monocytes &#8211; a group of white blood cells &#8211; which release a molecule to switch off pain, are more active in men, because of higher levels of testosterone.<BR><br \/>\nIn a study &#8211; published in the paper, Science Immunology &#8211; females endured longer-lasting pain and a delayed recovery because monocytes in their bodies were less active.<BR><br \/>\nProfessor Geoffroy Laumet, study author, said: &#8220;The difference in pain between men and women has a biological basis.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s not in your head, and you&#8217;re not soft. It&#8217;s your immune system.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe findings could indicate that immune cells can be manipulated into producing more signals to ease pain.<BR><br \/>\nAnd Professor Laumet hopes his research can help millions of people experience relief with non-opioid treatments.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-02-23 14:00:46 Chronic pain lasts longer in women than in men. Hormone-regulated cells help to ease pain, but researchers at Michigan State University in the US have discovered that monocytes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4102,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions\/4102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}