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Amazing pain stories
Part 3
Pills and acupuncture
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hat about these true and amazing stories?
Pain is indeed complex. There is awell reported
syndrome called the Couvade syndrome, in
which the father experiences labour pain. In
some societies people believe that themore pain
the father displays the better father hewill be.
Somewives actually look after the husband
while delivering the child.
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Acupuncture can reduce pain, but it doesn’t
always work. In fact it is thought that
acupuncture works best if it is performed by
a Chineseman on a Chinese woman in China
andworst if it is performed by a non-Chinese
woman, on a Chineseman, outside of China.
