Anicet Mbida 06:53, June 14, 2022

Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume.

This Tuesday, on the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, he is interested in an invention that would allow people fearing bites to donate blood.

Researchers are working on painkiller syringes.

Today we celebrate World Blood Donor Day.

The objective is to raise awareness of the importance of donations and to thank the volunteers.

Still, the fear of needles continues to deter more than one.

This is why we are now working on painkiller syringes.

It's not the first time we've heard of it.

But to say that "a shot that doesn't hurt" is bad faith.

Because, without anesthesia, we will always feel pain, however small, simply because we are pierced through our skin.

That's why I love this new approach from two Spanish engineers.

Their idea: trick our brain into believing that we are being stung in a different place.

In fact, the syringe is inserted in a case with dozens of needles.

No itchy needles, needles with a flat end.

It looks like those boxes full of needles, in which you put your hand or your head to make PIN art sculptures.

Except that there, one of these needles is, in fact, that of the syringe.

We will feel dozens of small spikes of false needles that will deceive our brain.

As a result, we will not even pay attention when the real one is really going to sting us.

And is it effective?

Has it been proven?

Yes, the system is tested for blood tests and in several vaccination centers in Spain.

It's a way to distract us during the sting.

Because we remind you: the fear of needles is totally irrational.

The sting itself doesn't really hurt.

It is the idea of ​​being pierced by a needle that creates anxiety that can go as far as panic fear.

Does that mean that we will have to replace the current syringes with new ones, if we want to reassure people?

Not exactly.

The advantage of this system is that it works with any syringe.

It is simply a case in which the sting is slipped.

As a result, it will be completely hidden.

We will no longer see the “torture device” and we will no longer have the impression of being stung.

So even if you're a big coward, no more excuses for not giving blood.