Table 1.
Percentage of the 21 subjects tested that exhibited each type of dysesthesia and skin reaction in response to each concentration of capsaicin and histamine and also to native cowhage spicule.
| Dysesthesias | Skin reactions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloknesis | Hyperknesis | Hyperalgesia | Wheal | Flare | |
| Capsaicin (conc, mg/ml) | |||||
| 1 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 33.3 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 10 | 38.1 | 33.3 | 38.1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 50 | 23.8 | 47.6 | 47.6 | 0 | 19 |
| 200 | 42.9 | 47.6 | 57.1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Histamine (conc, mg/ml) | |||||
| 0.01 | 4.8 | 19 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.1 | 14.3 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 1 | 28.6 | 52.4 | 52.4 | 4.8 | 14.3 |
| 10 | 52.4 | 71.4 | 61.9 | 47.6 | 71.4 |
| 100 | 57.1 | 81 | 66.6 | 61.9 | 85.7 |
| Cowhage | 42.9 | 38.1 | 52.4 | 0 | 14.3 |