What is the most painful thing
the human body can experience?
Is it the sting of a bullet ant,
which packs so much punch
that its victims feel like they've been shot?
Or the bite of a Gila monster,
whose sharp teeth can clamp
onto you for minutes at a time?
While these are good guesses,
they don't even come close
to the levels of agony
we'll be discussing today.
If you think animal attacks are painful,
just wait until you see what your body
can do to itself.
Whether it feels like stabbing,
aching or pinching,
the human body can endure a wide variety
of excruciating pains.
Today we put together a list
of the five most physically painful things
you can experience.
And trust me,
you’ll want to pay a lot of attention.
A headache can ruin anybody’s day,
but this is not the type you’d cure
with Advil.
Cluster headaches are one of the most
extreme types of headaches.
They happen when
a cranial nerve on your brain
gets triggered.
It’ll cause an excruciating amount of pain
everywhere that the nerve reaches,
and that’s almost everywhere
on your face.
For 15 minutes to three hours,
it would feel as if a screwdriver
is piercing through your skull.
If you’re a cluster headache sufferer,
the last thing you should be doing
is smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol,
as these activities could trigger
an episode.
Some say that the day your child is born
will be the happiest of your life,
but it can also be one of the most painful
things you experience.
As your uterine muscles
begin contracting,
you’ll feel severe cramping
in your abdomen,
groin and back.
Or, as some have described it
more accurately,
it feels like your insides
are being twisted,
pulled and squeezed.
Chances are,
this is not your ideal scenario
for taking a walk,
but it might help you get through
the suffering.
In 2014,
a study published in
The Journal of Perinatal Education
found that women who walked around
during their labor
and gave birth standing up
experienced less pain
and required less pain medication
than women who gave birth lying down.
If you think that pushing a tiny
human being out of your body is intense,
imagine rocks coming out
of one of your vital organs.
Kidney stones form when you have
too much waste dissolved in your urine
and it crystallizes.
The pain comes when these hard stones
get stuck in your ureter.
As the rocks put pressure on it,
the urine gets backed up.
You’ll feel a sharp, stab-like pain
or extremely severe cramping
on your side or lower back,
where your kidneys are.
The best way to endure an agony like
that might be if you never feel it.
To reduce the risk of
a kidney stone
drink lots of water,
about 12 glasses daily.
Munch on fruits and vegetables
as they’ll reduce your urine's acidity.
Tetanus is a nasty disease
caused by the Clostridium tetani bacteria
in soil,
dust and manure.
It enters your skin through wounds,
usually when you get cut
by a contaminated object.
Once it’s inside you,
these bacteria produce a toxin
that blocks nerve signals
traveling from the spinal cord
to your muscles.
It impacts almost all your muscles
and nerve endings.
In 2017,
a six-year-old boy in Oregon
got tetanus after cutting his forehead.
He experienced a clenched jaw,
muscle spasms
and involuntary arching of the neck
and back.
When he couldn’t breathe,
his parents took him to the hospital.
He spent 47 days in intensive care
and another 10 days in the hospital.
He survived,
but the vaccine would have prevented
the ordeal.
Breaking any bone of your body
can make you howl in agony,
so imagine breaking the longest
and strongest bone you have.
The large, important arteries in your leg
surround your femur,
so it’ll be a bleeding mess.
Actress Brooke Shields
stated that when she broke her femur,
she screamed like she never had
in her life,
not even during childbirth.
She was in such an enormous amount
of pain that she feared that
she’d never walk again.
After two surgeries,
blood transfusions
and over four months
she slowly recovered
and received physical therapy.
Unfortunately, there’s no shortcut
to healing a broken femur.
Your best bet is to take the pain
relief medication your doctor prescribes.
Oh, wow.
This was a tough one.
But you endured the most painful
experiences ever.
Oh, wait.
What's that, gentlemen?
We missed one?
Right,
how could we forget?
If you think these guys
are just being dramatic,
wait until you hear how one kick
to the family jewels
could change your life forever.
Find out more here .