Doctors Don't Need to Fear Red Heads

Reading ScienceDaily.com there was a publish on the British Medical Journal explaing the issue on red headed humans. The research concludes that, contrary to popular belief, people with red hair do not bleed any more than other patients.Surgeon Jonathan Barry from Morriston Hospital in Swansea, say that "red haired patients are traditionally regarded with a degree of trepidation by surgeons and anaesthetists alike due to a reputation for excessive bleeding, reduced pain threshold and a propensity to develop hernias." Red heads studies showed that they are more sensitive to cold and heat pain and they need more anaesthetic than other people. I found this interesting because people make jokes about red heads "gingers" all the time.