Image From http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Pages/FactSheet_Drugs.aspx Report By,
Amber Butterfield
What this report is about This report is about placebos and nocebos and what they do to the human brain that can cause trouble in the medical field when it comes to testing new medicines before they go out into the real world to be used. The report will also be covering how electrosensitivity can be described as a placebo or nocebo depending on how it can be looked at, and how television broadcasts can affect how some people are affected by this. This will also be covering how the colour of the pill may be influencing if it makes you feel better or not.
Image From http://heartcurrents.com/colorpilleffective/ What are Placebos and Nocebos? A nocebo is a effect of the brain that causes you to feel pain, or feel sick under certain circumstances. An example is when one person feels sick in an office from something in the air and spreads to coworkers and causes them to become sick from nothing causing them to go to a doctor or hospital with nothing toxic in the air or anything harmful is found in the work place. This is called mass sociogenic illness, this is when a large group of people fall ill with an illness caused by other people, how you treat this is by grouping the sick people together and reassure them that people are getting better fast and staying healthy.
A placebo is the opposite of a nocebo and causes you to not feel pain unlike a a nocebo, and makes you feel slightly better. An example of this is when you’re getting a vaccine at a the doctor’s office for the flu. He’ll tell you that the needle won't hurt to try and make the needle hurt less for you. This is your body’s natural pain killer that is produced when you’re in pain.
How can Television Trigger Nocebos?
Local television can trigger nocebos by saying a new technology is making people believe