Weingarten Toby N, Shi Yu, Mantilla Carlos B, Hooten W Michael, Warner David O
Mayo Clinic, USA.
Minn Med. 2011 Mar;94(3):35-7.
Smoking produces profound changes in physiology beyond those associated with the delivery of nicotine to the bloodstream. It has long been known that these changes put patients at risk for heart disease, cancers, and lung diseases. More recently, it has been discovered that smoking is a risk factor for chronic pain. Robust epidemiological evidence is showing that smokers not only have higher rates of chronic pain but also rate their pain as more intense than nonsmokers. Because the relationship between smoking and pain is of relevance to clinicians in many specialties, researchers at Mayo Clinic are examining this relationship in depth. This article describes some of what they and others have discovered in recent years about the interactions between smoking and chronic pain.
吸烟对生理产生的深远影响，远不止于尼古丁进入血液所带来的那些影响。长期以来，人们都知道这些变化会使患者面临患心脏病、癌症和肺部疾病的风险。最近，人们发现吸烟是慢性疼痛的一个风险因素。有力的流行病学证据表明，吸烟者不仅慢性疼痛的发生率更高，而且他们对疼痛的评分也比不吸烟者更高。由于吸烟与疼痛之间的关系与许多专科的临床医生都有关系，梅奥诊所的研究人员正在深入研究这种关系。本文介绍了他们以及其他研究人员近年来在吸烟与慢性疼痛之间的相互作用方面所发现的一些情况。
