The WORST Pain A Human Can Ever Experience

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Various scenarios and conditions, such as kidney stones, Gympie-Gympie plant exposure, soldering accidents, and gout, can cause excruciating pain and discomfort due to different factors like crystallization, neurotoxins, and high purine intake. Painful experiences, such as Tarantula Hawk wasp stings, stepping on car keys, fibromyalgia, testicular torsion, Irukandji Syndrome, kidney stone surgery, Bullet Ant stings, and historical eye surgeries, highlight the extreme levels of pain and suffering that can be endured by individuals in various situations.

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  • Dehydration can lead to kidney stones due to concentrated urine, causing severe pain as minerals crystallize in the kidneys and pass through the body.
  • Various natural elements like the Gympie-Gympie plant, Tarantula Hawk wasp, and Candiru fish can cause excruciating and long-lasting pain upon contact or sting, highlighting the diverse sources of intense discomfort in nature.

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  • What causes kidney stones?

    Concentrated urine leads to mineral crystallization in kidneys.

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"Painful Encounters: A Compilation of Agony"

  • Kidney stones are formed when urine becomes concentrated due to lack of water intake, leading to crystallization of minerals in the kidneys, causing excruciating pain during their passage through the body.
  • The Gympie-Gympie plant in Australia has tiny hairs containing a neurotoxin that causes intense burning pain lasting weeks, months, or even years upon contact, as experienced by Ernie Rider after accidental exposure.
  • A soldering accident resulted in a Reddit user getting molten hot solder in his eye, causing immediate intense pain and long-lasting discomfort, eventually leading to a hole in his cornea.
  • Gout, caused by the accumulation of urate crystals in joints due to high purine intake, results in excruciating pain and hypersensitivity, particularly in the big toe, making even slight movements unbearable.
  • The Tarantula Hawk wasp has a sting so painful that it causes blinding, electric shock-like pain, ranking high on the pain index created by insect expert Justin O. Schmidt.
  • Stepping on an upright car key can be excruciatingly painful due to the high number of nerve endings in the soles of the feet, making them extremely sensitive to pressure.
  • Candiru fish in the Amazon Basin are known for attaching themselves to larger fish with their gill spines, but there are legends of them swimming up human urethras, causing excruciating pain and requiring surgical removal.
  • Fibromyalgia is an incurable condition that causes widespread pain throughout the body and heightens sensitivity to pain, making even minor discomfort unbearable for sufferers.

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Painful Conditions and Treatments: A Summary

  • Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes sufferers to experience pain similar to a broken bone, along with fatigue, stiffness, and cognitive difficulties.
  • The cause of fibromyalgia is uncertain, with physical and mental factors both potentially triggering the disease.
  • Testicular torsion is a condition where the cord connecting a man's testicle twists, cutting off blood supply and causing immense pain, sickness, and dizziness.
  • Irukandji Syndrome is caused by the sting of tiny, venomous jellyfish in Australia, leading to excruciating pain, nausea, headaches, and muscle cramps.
  • Kidney stone surgery may require a ureteral stent to be inserted, causing discomfort, bladder spasms, and intense pain during urination.
  • The Bullet Ant sting is considered one of the most painful experiences, causing agony lasting a day, temporary paralysis, fever, and irregular heartbeat.
  • Strabismus surgery in the 18th century involved horrifying procedures without anesthesia, with patients enduring painful eye incisions by a fraudulent surgeon.
  • Surgeon John Taylor's methods for treating amblyopia involved cutting the eye's extraocular muscle, but his procedures were ineffective and caused unnecessary pain.
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