from having a giant needle plunged into
your spine to getting your skin ripped
off over and over again these are the 15
most painful medical procedures someone
can possibly go through the crazy thing
is some of them are not all that
uncommon number 15. the first procedure
on our list is a type of elective
surgery this means people choose to go
through the pain of having it done
liposuction involves removing fat from
the body this may be done for a couple
of reasons some people want to change
the way they look and feel so they
decide that certain areas of their
bodies need to be reshaped many people
who decide to get liposuction have the
fat removed from under the arms or
around the thighs regardless of where
the procedure is occurring the fat needs
to get sucked from the body and this is
going to hurt a lot the procedure itself
starts with a needle being inserted into
the area where the liposuction will take
place the problem with this is that
people who get lipo often want to remove
fat from sensitive areas of the body
this means before the actual procedure
even begins the patient will be in
discomfort the first step of the
procedure is that a needle filled with
saline solution to help fluids and fats
solidify in the region is stuck into the
body after this happens the doctor
squeezes a tube under the skin and
literally sucks out the fat depending on
the location and amount of fat that
needs to be removed the whole process
can take several hours most liposuction
patients are given local anesthesia
meaning they will remain awake for the
entire procedure but if the tube is not
in the right position or the doctor is
sloppy the pain can be excruciating as
tissues connected to the fat are also
sucked out even if all goes well after
the procedure is complete the area of
your body that was operated on will
bruise and be tender from the violence
of having your insides hoovered out so
the pain will continue for several more
days if blood or needles makes you
squeamish this next procedure will
probably freak you out number 14.
arterial blood gas tests require a
medical professional to extract blood
from an artery using a syringe the main
difference between this procedure and
what happens when you donate blood is
the location where the fluid needs to
come from normally blood is taken from
your veins but since this test is often
used to measure the amount of oxygen in
your blood the needle needs to be stuck
into an artery the most common location
for blood to be taken during arterial
blood gas tests is from the wrist but
sometimes it needs to be extracted from
an artery near the groin or the inside
of the arm since arteries tend to be
slightly further under the skin the
needle needs to puncture deeper into the
body than typical blood draw the deeper
the needle goes the more painful the
experience the other part of an arterial
blood gas test that makes it so
uncomfortable is that the amount of
blood needed to make an accurate
assessment means the procedure can take
a while so if you think a normal blood
draw is painful imagine having to sit
through several minutes of a large bore
needle buried two inches into your groin
like needles how about needles and
drills in your mouth number 13 having
dental work done is rarely pleasant but
there is one oral procedure that hurts
more than all the rest dental implants
that are given to patients who need a
part or entire tooth replaced in order
for the fake tooth to function properly
and stay in position the doctor needs to
drill deep into the gums similar to a
root canal then metal rods are screwed
into the tissue and jawbone to keep the
fake tooth in place unfortunately this
isn't the only painful part of the
procedure oftentimes a damaged tooth or
root system needs to be removed first
which can be excruciating once the
novocaine wears off next the jawbone may
need to be grafted to ensure the implant
remains secured and resistant to other
complications during each dental implant
operation a needle will puncture the
mouth to deliver an anesthetic but
before the drug kicks in the patient
will definitely feel a sharp prick after
that the actual procedure can begin
these steps typically happen over the
course of several visits which means
after each one the mouth will ache when
the implant is secured and the
anesthetic wears off there's often a
painful throbbing in the patient's gums
and job this is especially true when
they need to eat and although the
patient can probably sustain themselves
on a liquid or smoothie diet for a while
eventually they will need to go back to
eating solid food as the bone regrows
around the implant and the nerves are
repaired in the area every bite after
getting dental implants will be painful
until the mouth is fully healed the
healing time can vary but tends to take
a week or two to recover completely our
next spot involves extreme cutting and
tearing in the most sensitive part of
the body number 12. you probably have
never heard of a myomectomy but it can
be an incredibly painful procedure that
women sometimes need to have done this
surgery takes place in the uterus when
fibroids need to be removed fibroids are
non-cancerous growths that can cause
discomfort and bleeding in the uterus
the specific methods of the operation to
remove these growths vary but since
access to the uterus is required the
doctor needs to get inside the sex organ
normally this is done by cutting into
the abdomen once inside the reproductive
system the doctor will need to cut up
the fibroids and remove them from the
body it should come as no surprise that
cutting up growths within the uterus can
be painful but even worse is that
oftentimes there are multiple fibroids
that need to be removed this means that
each one needs to be sliced up and
extracted the patient can be put under
general anesthesia or given local
anesthesia depending on the number of
fibroids how big they are and where
they're located however the real pain
begins when the anesthetic wears off it
is at this point that the patient will
feel each cut and tear made into a
reproductive system as the body heals
there will likely be bleeding and some
cramping in the region along with
constant pain from start to finish a
myomectomy is a very painful procedure
next imagine having an entire bone cut
out of your body number 11. having a hip
replaced is normally a procedure
reserved for someone who is in
excruciating pain due to arthritis or
degeneration of the hip bone this means
having a hip replace should alleviate
pain but unfortunately the surgery
itself can oftentimes increase the pain
exponentially until the hip is fully
healed open hip surgery can take up to
three hours to complete the hip is not a
small bone which means the incision to
gain access and replace it is larger
than in most surgeries after the skin
and muscle is cut away from the hip the
bone itself needs to be removed all of
the damaged bone must be replaced by
artificial materials depending on how
much damage and degradation there is to
the hip a significant amount of bone
might need to be removed the pain
associated with having parts of a bone
cut off and then a prosthetic reattached
can be extreme the doctor may also need
to smooth out the socket where the hip
rests so it can rotate freely this is
done by the doctor taking what looks
like an electric sander to the patient's
bone and buffing it out again this would
not feel very good thankfully the
patient is asleep for the whole
procedure however the recovery time for
hip replacement surgery is long it can
take somewhere between 6 and 12 months
for the patient to fully recover and
during this time their replacement hip
will ache and feel strain although the
prosthetic is not technically part of
the body nerves tissue and muscle will
regrow around it as this happens the
body is literally rebuilding the
connection severed and the damage done
during the surgery after months of
physical therapy the pain will lessen
but for those first several months as
the body heals and gets used to the
prosthetic hip the patient will be in a
lot of pain our next procedure is
embarrassing but also excruciating
number 10 hemorrhoids can definitely be
painful but the surgery to remove them
can be even worse this type of procedure
is called a hemorrhoidectomy it is done
to remove infected tissue in the anal
canal this is much different from being
probed or getting a colonoscopy the
doctor literally has to tear away tissue
in the rectum to stop excessive bleeding
hemorrhoids themselves are swollen veins
similar to varicose veins but located in
the anus this is where the whole
procedure will take place which means
that it's not only painful but can be
extremely uncomfortable unfortunately in
some situations the hemorrhoids need to
be stapled to block the blood flow in
the region this means that the veins in
a patient's rectum might not only be
sliced apart but staples might need to
be inserted into anal tissue and for
anyone who's ever accidentally stapled
their finger imagine that feeling
happening to your anus next we're going
to be ripping flesh off from one part of
the body and reattaching it elsewhere
number nine a skin graft is a procedure
where a piece of skin from one area of
the body is cut off and transplanted
onto another part of the body this is
sometimes done with burn victims or
after a major surgery that has damaged a
lot of skin tissue however the procedure
itself is not the only painful part of
the skin graft maintaining the
cleanliness of where the new skin is
attached can be easier said than done
bandages need to be constantly replaced
and if not done properly there can be
some nasty side effects since the
patient is under general anesthesia and
asleep when the actual procedure is
happening the pain doesn't occur until
after they wake up it is then that there
will be two major areas of the body that
will hurt the first will be where the
skin was removed from and the second is
the location where it's been stitched
back on however it's the recovery
process that really begins to take its
toll on the pain receptors of the body
there's a chance the graft won't take
and the body will attack or destroy the
skin that was surgically implanted in
this case there would be pain from the
immune system trying to destroy the skin
skin grafts can also become infected
meaning that the transplant might
inflame and the area could feel as if it
were slowly burning one of the most
painful parts of a skin graft is when
the bandages covering the operation site
need to be cleaned or replaced as the
bandage is removed there might be dried
blood or pus that's connected it to the
skin graft if the bandage needs to be
ripped off some of the skin could go
with it causing pain to shoot through
the area then the cleaning agent to
prevent the infection will get under the
skin and activate the pain receptors
which just adds insult to injury the
worst part of the skin graft is that if
the body rejects it or it does not heal
properly the patient may need to go
through the procedure all over again the
next procedure is something most you
will have to endure sooner or later
number eight a lumbar puncture also
known as a spinal tap can be a painful
procedure it consists of a doctor
sticking a very large needle between the
third and fourth lumbar vertebrae in the
back the thought of a sharp needle being
stuck through your skin and into your
spinal cord is definitely a nerve
wracking one the doctor then uses the
syringe to suck cerebral spinal fluid
from the subarachnoid space in the spine
the needle is not supposed to come into
contact with any nerves or the spinal
column itself but accidents happen and
if the needle manages to tear through
any bone or tissue the pain will be
excruciating regardless even if the
procedure goes 100 according to plan the
doctor will need to take somewhere
between 5 and 20 milliliters of
cerebrospinal fluid from the body this
means that the needle will be in the
patient's back for a decent amount of
time and remember this isn't just a pin
prick the needle has to be long enough
to penetrate the skin muscle and slip
its way into the spinal column most of
the time with a skilled physician the
patient will only feel a slight pressure
in the lower back during a spinal tap
however many patients also report
feeling a searing pain like a gigantic
bee sting shooting up their spine when
this intense pain occurs the first
reaction of the body is to move and get
away from whatever's hurting it but this
can cause even more pain during the
procedure if the patient moves
unexpectedly it could cause the needle
to go into the nerves or scrape against
the bones in the spinal column in this
scenario there would be no escaping the
pain it would be intense and unrelenting
nothing quite beats the pain of having
organs ripped out of your body though
number seven gallbladder removal or
cholecystectomy is when the organ
responsible for collecting and storing
bile is removed from the body when the
gallbladder is not working properly it
can cause a lot of problems and pain
patients have reported feeling intense
discomfort immediately upon waking up
from the surgery considering they were
just hacked into and had an organ
carefully cut free of its blood vessels
and other connective tissue extreme pain
isn't unsurprising in open
cholecystectomy the surgeon creates
several incisions the largest of which
is about six inches long the procedure
is done if someone needs to have
gallstones removed from the gallbladder
or to alleviate other problems that
might be causing intense discomfort in
order for the gallbladder to be removed
it must first be separated from the
liver and the small intestine although
someone can live without a gallbladder
having it removed hurts a lot the
recovery time from the operation can
last from just over a week to several
weeks after the body begins to heal the
pain subsides for many people but just
after the surgery patients find that a
lot of painkillers are needed to get
through the first few days of recovery
our next procedure involves stretching
the most sensitive of body parts to
extraordinary proportions number six
although not technically a surgery the
next procedure is probably the most
common painful experience women go
through in hospitals there is no event
in life that can cause as much joy and
pain as childbirth if the baby is born
vaginally the mother is in for a lot of
suffering however in emergency
situations the baby may be extracted via
a c-section this is typically less
painful but the hours of labor
beforehand will be filled with
discomfort regardless of what type of
birth the mother goes through for women
who give birth vaginally it's like
pushing a long watermelon out of their
reproductive tract just to be clear the
birth canal is not the size of a
watermelon which means as the baby is
pushed out of the body it is forcing the
opening to become larger and larger
pushing anything out of your body that
isn't urine or fecal matter is going to
be painful this is why any other type of
pain can rarely come close to the pain
felt during childbirth but that's not
the most painful thing a woman can
experience with her reproductive organs
number five an abdominal hysterectomy is
a procedure used to literally scoop out
part of the female's reproductive system
that's right this surgery takes the
entire uterus out of the patient's body
it's probably pretty obvious that having
an entire organ removed would be painful
and if that organ is part of the
reproductive system it comes with an
increased amount of pain in order to
remove the uterus the doctor needs to
cut open the abdomen and separate the
organ from the rest of the reproductive
system unfortunately the uterus is
connected to a lot of different
structures including ovaries fallopian
tubes and the upper vagina the blood
vessels ligaments and connective tissue
that support the organ also need to be
severed in order to remove it after all
the cuts and punctures to the
reproductive system the uterus can
finally be extracted and the patient can
be stitched up even after the surgery
there will be bleeding from the vagina
and the pain of having the organ removed
will be intense the recovery time varies
but can take several weeks all of which
will be agonizing the next bottom list
involves removing even larger amounts of
organ from the body number four similar
to a hysterectomy a practical ectomy
removes organs from the body in this
procedure part of the large intestine
rectum and anal canal are taken out of
the patient the surgery might be done to
combat ulcerative colitis bowel cancer
and some forms of crohn's disease in
order to reach the organs that need to
be removed the doctor needs to cut open
the patient's abdomen and separate the
structures using surgical tools
depending on the needs of the patient
the entire colon must be cut out after
the necessary parts are removed the
surgeon will reattach what remains this
means that after a proctocolectomy
things can get very messy patients need
to be monitored to ensure they can have
healthy bowel movements at first their
stool will most likely be filled with
blood and every poop will be painful
therefore patients who go through the
procedure don't eat solid food until the
excretory system has had time to heal
even still going to the bathroom after a
proctolectomy can be just as painful as
the surgery itself until the body fully
heals now we're up in the top three most
painful medical procedures and this next
procedure will make just standing up
excruciating number three open reduction
internal fixation of the calcaneus is
the fancy medical way to say surgery of
the heel bone regardless of what you
call it this procedure may be one of the
most painful experiences of someone's
life we don't necessarily associate the
heel with being a very sensitive part of
the body but for anyone who's ever had a
bad fall and shattered their heel they
know nothing could be further from the
truth the heel supports a lot of body
weight which means that it needs to be
strong however it also means that if
it's damaged a lot of pressure is put on
the injured part of the body and since
the bone is meant to be sturdy repairing
a damaged heel comes with a lot of pain
first the doctor needs to cut through
the skin muscles and tendons to access
the heel bone this means there's a
chance that the nerves in the foot
during surgery will be damaged this will
cause immense pain when the patient
wakes up once the surgeon has a clear
path to the bone and sees how bad the
fracture is decisions need to be made in
some cases the only way to repair the
heel is to put metal screws and plates
in the foot imagine someone twisting a
screw through your bone to secure a
metal plate between broken pieces of it
this would be agonizing but the worst
part isn't over yet once the screws and
plate have been put in place the
ligaments need to be reattached and the
whole foot needs to be sewn up upon
waking from an open surgery on the heel
patients have reported experiencing the
worst pain of their life and this is all
before they start putting weight on it
again after the surgery the patient will
need to go through months of physical
therapy where they will be applying
pressure to the reconstructed heel
hopefully there will be no infections
after the surgery as this would cause
the patient even more pain also there is
a slight chance that the screws and
metal plates don't set right meaning the
doctor would need to cut open the foot
and reset everything this would result
in the patient having to go through the
open reduction internal fixation of the
calcaneus surgery for a second time we
mentioned the spinal tap earlier in the
list but there is a procedure that's
even more painful than having a needle
shove between your vertebrae number two
there's few things less painful than
having your spine fused together people
who have had degenerative diseases that
affect the spine often need to have
surgery to address the issue a spinal
fusion procedure is used to connect two
or more vertebrae together to keep them
in place this procedure could require a
bone graft which in and of itself is
notorious for being painful the
physician will take a piece of bone
normally from the hip leg or rib and
attach it to one of the vertebrae the
doctor might also realign and connect
the spine using metal rods and screws if
this is the case the pain can be
excruciating due to the number of nerves
running through this area of the body
the connection of the vertebrae needs to
be precise leaving very little room for
error this means the procedure is slow
and meticulous which is also how
recovery will go unfortunately the
entire recovery process will not only be
long but agonizing as well at our number
one spot we have a procedure that's not
only excruciating but will probably lead
to even more painful procedures in the
future number one the most painful
medical procedure might be a bone marrow
biopsy the basic premise of this
procedure is to extract marrow which is
the tissue inside of bones what makes
this procedure so painful is that the
only way to extract the bone marrow is
to pierce through the skin muscle and
all the way through a bone bone marrow
biopsies may be done to make sure the
body is producing the right amount of
blood or to diagnose certain types of
cancer such as lymphoma and leukemia
normally the doctor will give a patient
a local anesthetic which means they'll
be awake for the procedure but even with
the pain-dulling drug the bone biopsy
can be torture the doctor will insert a
hollow needle into the patient's body
and into their bone this will send
massive amounts of pain signals to the
brain it's the combination of a needle
penetrating deep into the body and the
destruction of part of a bone that makes
the biopsy so painful normally the
needle is stuck into the hip bone so
following the procedure there can also
be lingering soreness in the region now
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