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Premature infants who need intensive care or surgery are less sensitive to hot and cold sensations later in life. The researchers found that pain and injury related to major medical interventions in early development may alter how children respond to painful stimuli much later in life. In the studies much later in life. In the studies, a II-year old children born at less than 26 weeks of gestation (14 weeks premature) who are tested for their responses to different sensations temperature and light touch using quantitative sensory testing. So, all together researchers found that compared to kids born at full term, a studies found premature children were less sensitive to temperature (cool, cold, warm and hot)

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