i saw on tv that a man in america was stabbed 5 times and he felt nothing until he woke up the next day
2007-07-15 05:28:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I have felt pain in my sleep, when you have a stomach the pain and discomfort wakes you up. Obviously your subconscious is aware of the pain in your sleep and it wakes you then you become conscious of the pain.
2007-07-15 05:34:31 · answer #1 · answered by scorpionbabe32 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you do and don't. I think in the case you refer to the man was anaesthetised in some way prior to being stabbed. If a normal person was stabbed while asleep he or she would almost certainly wake up. In hospitals when you are going to have surgery they knock you out with anaesthetics so you do not feel any pain while the surgeon's knife does its job on you, but only when he has sown you back up and you wake do you get the terrible pain.
A similar situation is when certain insects like bedbugs also inject an anaesthetic into you before inserting their suckers into you and feasting. this continues while sucking your blood for 5 minutes or so because of what it injected into your bloodstream you do not feel anything. Only after the bedbug has had its meal and is off you and now safe and sound back inside your mattress gorged with your blood does its anaesthetic wear off and then sometimes you do you wake and perhaps scratch like mad from the irritation. such is life.
2007-07-15 07:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by cimex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pain can minimize sleep, and can wake you up from sleep. If you are put under with sedatives, alchohol, anesthesia, or other drug induced sleep then parts of the brain may not react in a pain situation.
I am not familar with the case, if you have a link to the article, it would be good to see it.
My son has pain which wakes him up at night -- part of this is joint related (elbow, knees, etc.). He has Hypermobility-Type Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
People with chronic pain (arthritis, fibromalgia, etc.) often don't get into deep sleep unless they take a sedative. The brain is a complex organ, and many things are involved in feeling and reacting to pain. So in regard to your question, if the victim was in deep, deep sleep it may have been possible, but I would suspect that he was sleeping with the aid of some type of chemical (alcohol, sediative, other drug), so the circumstances surrounding the case would need to be known.
2007-07-15 05:45:52 · answer #3 · answered by kaliselenite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'v been woken by pain before. But generally if i'm in pain I'll try and sleep to make it go away if that makes sense.
2007-07-15 06:31:03 · answer #4 · answered by ¸.•*¨) Inked Barbie ¸.•*¨) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats odd.....he must have passed out.
If I have pain when I am sleeping then it usually wakes me, ie cramp in my leg or a stomach ache. (never been stabbed in my sleep thank god!)
2007-07-15 05:33:30 · answer #5 · answered by peppermintpatty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe me you feel it ,you wont sleep with severe pain,just pass out
2007-07-15 05:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you do not feel anything in your sleep. That is why they put you to sleep for surgery. That part of the nervous system shuts down in sleep.
2007-07-15 05:31:35 · answer #7 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes I often do but usually due to me sleeping on my arm or in a bad position.Being anaesthetised and have drug induced deep sleep may be different though
2007-07-15 05:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought you could feel pain in sleep but apparently not lol x
2007-07-15 05:40:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must be able to feel pain because I have been woken up by pain before
2007-07-15 05:39:22 · answer #10 · answered by JULIE K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋