HEALTH HACK

Now cough – you won’t feel a thing!

WE’VE all been having a few more jabs lately, and they never get any easier.

But researchers from the University of Greifswald in Germany found that people who simply cough as the needle enters the skin are less likely to find it painful, and instead experience only mild discomfort.

The scientists looked at a range of distraction methods to make injections more bearable, and found that coughing causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal which inhibits the activity of nerves that relay pain.