最新研究顯示 疼痛是可以傳染的

Pain could be contagious, a groundbreaking new study claims.
近日，一項突破性的新研究聲稱，疼痛能夠傳染。

Lab mice were put through a series of tests which should not have been painful - ticklish at the most. But the rodents reacted as if their feet were burning.
幾隻實驗鼠經歷了一系列本來沒有疼痛感的試驗--最多隻是有些癢而已。但是事實上它們的反應卻好像是雙腿在被灼燒。

The experiments by researchers in Portland, Oregon, suggested the mice caught this heightened sensitivity from other mice who were primed to feel pain.
由俄勒岡州波特蘭市的研究人員們進行的該實驗表明，這些老鼠敏感性的增加源自於其它即將感受到疼痛的老鼠那裏。

Both groups of mice were in the same room, in cages approximately 1.5 meters apart from each other - but they could not see each other.
這兩組老鼠在同一個空間內，處於兩個間隔約1.5米的籠子裏--但是它們看不到對方。

The scientists believe they picked it up through smell.
科學家們相信，這些老鼠的疼痛感是通過氣味傳播的。

If true, this could explain some mysterious illnesses, including fibromyalgia - the feeling of pain without a logical medical reason for it.
如果這是真的，那麼就可以解釋一些奇怪的疾病，包括纖維肌痛--一種尚無合理醫學解釋的疼痛感。

'We've shown for the first time that you don't need an injury or inflammation to develop a pain state,' lead researcher Andrey Ryabinin, a neuroscientist at Oregon Health and Science University, said. 'Pain can develop simply because of social cues.'
俄勒岡衛生科學大學首席研究員安德烈·里亞比寧表示：“我們第一次證明了沒有受傷或炎症也能產生疼痛感。社交暗示即可形成疼痛。”