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Effects of Hypoxia and Hypercapnia on Perception of Thermal Cutaneous Pain EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND HYPERCAPNIA ON PERCEPTION OF THERMAL CUTANEOUS PAIN J. Stokes III, … , W. P. Chapman, L. H. Smith J Clin Invest. 1948;27(3):299-304. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI101958. Research Article Find the latest version: https://jci.me/101958/pdf EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND HYPERCAPNIA ON PERCEPTION OF THERMAL CUTANEOUS PAIN By J. STOKES, III, W. P. CHAPMAN, AND L. H. SMITH 1 (From the Department of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston) (Received for publication June 20, 1947) Asphyxia, which combines depletion of oxygen prevent local ischemia. Therefore, the exposed skin (hypoxia) with accumulation of carbon dioxide rested against a radially ridged celluloid plate, rather than immediately against the edges of the aperture itself. (hypercapnia), is known to modify sensation. Gas mixtures were prepared in a bank of Tissot re- While prolonged, mild hypoxia impairs vision and cording spirometers (capacity of each 100 liters) from certain other sensations (1), its effect on the per- which the subject breathed out to the atmosphere. A ception of thermal pain has not been described. three-way valve permitted shifting from one mixture to Similarly, severe hypercapnia produced by breath- another without the knowledge of the subject. The mouthpiece and nose-clip were carefully adjusted to avoid ing 30 per cent carbon dioxide produces anes- discomfort. Arterial blood pressure, heart rate, respira- thesia (2, 3), but the analgetic effects of lower tory minute volume and respiratory rate were recorded concentrations have received only brief consider- during the observations on hypoxia and hypercapnia. ation (4, 5). The present studies were under- taken to determine whether hypoxia or hyper- OBSERVATIONS capnia is responsible for the analgesia of asphyxia. The results led secondarily to a comparison of 1. The effect of local ischemia and its avoidance carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide with respect to The necessity in these observations of determin- their quantitative effects on pain perception and ing changes in threshold rapidly has been men- their site of action. tioned. As illustrated in Figure 1 (left) stimuli were applied every 30 seconds and reported by the SUBJECTS AND METHOD subject as "clear sticking pain" (solid dots), Observations were made on 14 healthy male subjects "doubtful" (half shaded circles) and "not pain- between the ages of 20 and 45 years. Eleven were medi- ful"' (open circles). The intensity of stimulus cal students, and three were members of the teaching staff. so that the accuracy of Apparatus and methods were quite similar to those de- was changed frequently scribed by Hardy, Wolff, and Goodell (6) except for two each threshold stimulus was verified by one or minor modifications of technique. Stimuli, consisting of more sub-threshold stimuli in close proximity. graded radiant heat, from a 1000-watt bulb and lens, In Figure 1 (left) all the readings taken are in- previously calibrated by a radiometer, were applied for cluded to show general procedure, but in other exactly three seconds to 3.5 square centimeters of black- values are ened skin on the forehead and in some experiments on charts only the threshold themselves the forearm. "Threshold for pain" was taken as the given. In this manner five or more verified de- lowest rate of heating, expressed in gm. cal. per cm.' per terminations of threshold could usually be obtained sec., which produced a clear, "sticking" pain, i.e., a sen- in 7% minutes as shown by the solid dots con- sation of sharp, needle-like penetration into the skin, as nected by solid lines. described by Chapman and Jones (7). Two slight modifications were introduced (a) because Control observations with such stimulation every of the rapid changes in blood gases produced by modi- 30 seconds yielded results which were at first con- fying the composition of inspired air, and (b) because it siderably more variable than those described for was necessary to measure changes in threshold quickly to stimulation every one to two minutes. This vari- avoid unduly prolonged exposure to abnormal gas mix- ability appeared to be related in part to the degree tures. Stimuli were, therefore, applied for three seconds his out of each 30 seconds instead of each one or two minutes of firmness with which the subject pressed as advised when more slowly developing changes are fol- forehead against the edges of the aperture. As lowed, e.g., effects of drugs. For reasons described below shown in Figure 1 (left) the threshold observed it was found very important under these conditions to when the forehead was resting lightly against the 1 Student Research Fellow, Life Insurance Medical head rest was measurably higher than when the Research Fund. subject purposely held his forehead in place with 299 300 J. STOKES, III, W. P. CHAPMAN, AND L. H. SMITH SUBJECT: WPC NOT : PRESSING PRESSING j NOT 11-8-45 PRESSING : HARD .218 HARD | PRESSING .218 STIMULUS I +10 ; I .208 +10 .208 INTENSITY CHANGE .200 I'd~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I.200 CAL/CM IN 0 0 0' .190 0 .190 CMS~EC. THRESHOLD a 0 .182 .182 PERCENT -o0eo .173 -10, _L>_LL__~~~~~~.173 0 .165 .165 I'0 S B 5'' .157 .157 --20 0o .149 -20- .149 I. 0 5 10 0 5 10 15 TIME MINUTES FIG. 1. CHART SHOWING EFFECT ON THRESHOLD OF PRESSING FOREHEAD FIRMLY AGAINST THE APERTURE TO PRODUCE LOCAL ISCHEMIA To the left all responses are charted to show subthreshold (open circles and half open circles) and thresh- old responses (dots). To the right, as in all subsequent charts, only threshold responses are charted. SUBJECT: G 11-29-45 STIMULUS INTENSITY CHANGE IN THRESHOLD CAL/Cue PERCENT BLOOD PRESSURE HEART MM. Hi RATE SYSTOLIC BEATS/MIN x 'DIASTOLIC PRELIMINARY HYPOXIA RECOVERY CONTROL CONTROL TIME MINUTES FIG. 2. CHART SHOWING ABSENCE OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PAIN THRESHOLD DURING ACUTE ANOXIA EFFECT OF HYPOXIA AND HYPERCAPNIA ON PAIN PERCEPTION 301 firm, but not painful, pressure. An observation in threshold rose slowly and by varying amounts. reverse order is shown to the right of Figure 1. Repeated experiments once or twice weekly on the It is a common observation that water at 44.50 same subjects over a period of five weeks also C. is usually not painful to the extremities when revealed a slow rise of threshold averaging less circulation is normal but may become intolerably than 15 per cent. This slow adaptation did not painful when circulation is arrested and convec- affect perceptibly the acute changes produced by tion of heat by blood thereby eliminated. There- experimental procedures. It could not be elimi- fore it seemed likely that pressing the skin of the nated but it was controlled by keeping the total forehead against the edge of the aperture might, number of exposures constant for each observa- particularly in the mid-line, produce local ischemia tion. and thereby change threshold. In addition, stimu- lation at intervals of 30 seconds afforded less op- 2. The effects of hypoxia portunity for interim cooling by radiation and air convection than is provided by conventional stim- Figure 2 illustrates a typical experiment in ulation every one or two minutes. which the subject breathed (a) room air for a Lewis and Pochin (8) showed that prolonged control period of 7.5 minutes, (b) 10 per cent oxy- local asphyxia is required to modify several types gen in nitrogen for 7.5 minutes, (c) 100 per cent of cutaneous pain sensation, the late changes be- oxygen for a like period and finally room air again ing a diminution and loss in pain sense. With for a terminal control period. The results in a heat, however, Bigelow et al. (9; see Figure 3, total of six subjects are summarized in Table I. p. 507) observed in the forearm first a fall in threshold for both burning pain and pricking pain TABLE I followed after 10 to 20 minutes by analgesia. Comparison of the effects produced by hypoxia, hypercapnia, Likewise, in our experiments local interference voluntary hyperventilation and nitrous oxide with circulation was associated with a reduction of pain threshold (Figure 1). This observation Average percentage increase of Num- -____- ___-_ __ of was verified by other studies on the forearm Procedure berSub. Blood Min- Pain er jects prwe Mt. thresh. (Figure 4) in which painless arrest of blood flow erate Vol- ol with a pneumatic cuff on the upper arm reduced wtdis.ume threshold by 20 per cent. In repeated thermal Hypoxia 10% 2 in Ns 6 26 0/0 37 0 stimulation of one skin area the effect of local Hypercapnia ischemia on pain threshold must be due in part to 5% C02 in 02 9 6 15/9 280 13 7.5% C02 in 02 9 13 23/21 380 28 reduced dissipation of heat by the circulation, but Voluntary effect of the hyperventilation the simultaneous of local asphyxia Room air 2 12 4/0 310 4 stimulated nerve endings may also play a role 30% N20 in 02 4 27 (9). Whenever the forehead was used, errors from this "ischemia artefact" were avoided by placing Anoxia sufficient to increase heart rate by an around the aperture a circle of celluloid with six average of 26 per cent and ventilation by an aver- radiating spokes 2 mm. high. Pressing the fore- age of 37 per cent had no significant effect on head firmly, but painlessly, against these supports threshold for thermal pain. did not affect threshold presumably because blood Figure 2 shows also the apparent fluctuations continued to flow through blood vessels between in threshold which demonstrate the subject's in- the spokes, and interim cooling was more effective. ability to differentiate between changes of stimulus Even when this artefact was excluded thresholds intensity amounting to less than 5 per cent.
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