Study: Sleepwalking People Feel No Pain
- 9 years ago
A recent study has found that nearly 80 percent of people who experience injury during sleepwalking episodes don't feel the pain as it occurs.
Sleepwalking can be dangerous, but many sleepwalkers don't feel pain and even stay asleep after they've been injured.
A new study published in the journal Sleep found that 79 percent of sleepwalkers who experienced at least one recent injurious incident were unaware of the pain during the episode and thus were able to stay asleep after the injury occurred.
The study included 100 known sleepwalkers and 100 members of a control group—both men and women were involved.
Out of the sleepwalkers' group, 47 reported at least one episode of sleepwalking that caused injury but only 10 of those injured reported waking immediately from the pain it caused.
Sleepwalking can be dangerous, but many sleepwalkers don't feel pain and even stay asleep after they've been injured.
A new study published in the journal Sleep found that 79 percent of sleepwalkers who experienced at least one recent injurious incident were unaware of the pain during the episode and thus were able to stay asleep after the injury occurred.
The study included 100 known sleepwalkers and 100 members of a control group—both men and women were involved.
Out of the sleepwalkers' group, 47 reported at least one episode of sleepwalking that caused injury but only 10 of those injured reported waking immediately from the pain it caused.