People often wonder which pain is the most severe. For centuries, mankind has been interested in this seemingly strange question. Indeed, why do people so much want to know how they or their loved ones could suffer? Someone was probably trying to find solace in their search for their own pain. And others were just too curious. One way or another, in the twenty-first century, through wars, revolutions and experiments, they were able to make a kind of rating. This made it possible to find out which pain is the most severe. So, let's get started.
Rating of the most severe pains
Contrary to general prejudice, childbirth does not come first. Ironically, the most painful illness most often affects just the male half of humanity.
First place. Cluster headaches
There is nothing worse or more painful than this syndrome. To prove this, it is worth mentioning only the fact that those suffering from this ailment can, without hesitation, kill themselves, if only to get rid of the pain. Those who managed to survive noted that the pain felt like piercing the eyeballs with red-hot knitting needles. And although it happens that an attack lasts only fifteen minutes, this is enough to drive a person crazy. Especially considering the fact that seizures occur when they are not expected at all. A person can do normal business, drink coffee in his kitchen or sit in the office, and then suddenly grab his head and scream. The disease does not remind of itself for months or even decades, but then, on one terrible day, the attacks resume. They will be repeated several times a day.
The epicenter is the area of the head behind the legal eye. There, acute pain begins. The entire right side of the face blushes, eyes watery. A person has difficulty breathing through his nose. He also begins to sweat profusely. It lasts from fifteen minutes to an hour.
In some patients, it was noticed that the disease manifests itself only in spring and autumn. But this is far from the rule. Pain can occur when it pleases, and turn the life of the unfortunate into hell.
During an exacerbation period, one to three seizures usually occur per day. Most often, they occur at the same time. At the end of the period of exacerbation of pain, they stop for three years.
Men are six times more likely than women to suffer from this ailment.
Second place. Bullet ant
Fortunately, the average people in Europe, Asia and America need to try hard to experience this kind of pain. The fact is that the ant-bullet, or Paraponera clavata lives exclusively in tropical forests. But it is no coincidence that they are called the "ant killer" and "ant-24 hours." The pain from a bite lasts, without stopping, for a whole day. The wounded site will be temporarily paralyzed, and the skin will turn black. This pain is usually compared to a gunshot wound. But why? What is there about this ant?
The bottom line is that in the sting of the bullet ant is the strongest aminoleptide, which is called PoTX or Poneration. In the Russian translation, it is pronounced as "poneratoxin." When interacting with nerve cells, this aminoleptide behaves quite specifically. And thereby causes an unfortunate tourist or local resident extremely painful reaction. And if this person is prone to allergies, then he may even die.
Not a single insect can be compared with a bullet ant in the art of inflicting pain. However, this little tormentor resorts to bites only in the most extreme cases. First, he will try to scare off the threat: we will whistle and emit unpleasant odors. If this did not help, then the responsibility lies with the bitten one, who did not know that the bullet ant was causing one of the most severe pains.
Third place. Trigeminal neuritis
But the beautiful half of humanity most often suffers from this ailment. It feels like pain from trigeminal neuritis is like a stroke of real lightning. It occurs due to various bruises and head injuries, errors in maxillofacial surgery and hypothermia of the head or neck. The sharpest pain occurs in the region of the upper and lower jaws, when a person twirls or simply turns his head. Moreover, there are several varieties of trigeminal neuritis.
The first of them is called a pain syndrome. It can cause a normal touch to the inner corner of the eye and to the so-called fragile areas of the face. The pain caused by this is one of the most severe pains a person can experience. It resembles an electric shock. Attacks are very frequent, although they only last a couple of minutes or seconds. When a person eats, he says, he enters a cool room, the pain intensifies.
The second type of this neuritis is called "motor and reflex disorders." They are characterized by nervous tic, pallor, tears and snot. The symptoms of motor and reflex disorders resemble pain syndromes. A distinctive quality is only that the recurrence of an attack can lead to a memory of it, and the pains are mostly constant.
Fourth place. Derkum's Disease
In the scientific world, it is known under the name "Painful Lipomatosis", but due to the fact that Derkum, a scientist from America, discovered this ailment, the name was fixed. The disease itself is characterized by inflammation of large deposits of fat, which lead to hormonal problems and depression, itching throughout the skin, a serious loss of strength. Most often women from forty to ninety years old are affected by the disease.
Treatment is possible, but ineffective, especially if Derkum's disease has reached a critical phase. Children suffering from this disease with a probability of fifty percent will also be exposed to it. The unfortunate claim that even from the contact of clothing with the skin, they are very affected. The same applies to tactile contacts. Even with a simple movement, a person experiences unbearable pain.
The worst thing is that no one is able to notice how the disease progresses.
Fifth place. Atrophy of Sudek
Suppose a hypothetical person broke an ankle. In a normal situation, after visiting a trauma site in a local hospital, his fate would be quite typical. But if he develops Sudeck's syndrome, then the problems after the fracture will only begin. A person will feel acute pain when he moves a damaged limb. But even a lying lifestyle is unlikely to help here. The pain will only become stronger. The skin, which at first will be warm or even hot to the touch, will become thinner and look like marble. From the slightest blow, the limb can be damaged again, and then the real problems will begin. The suffering of the unfortunate does not stop for a second. At a certain stage, touching the tissue surface also causes acute pain. And treatment, no matter how expensive it is, in most cases does not produce any results.
Sixth place. Urolithiasis disease
Despite the frightening prevalence of this disease, the pain from it can hardly be called tolerable. Most often a person does not even suspect that he is far from completely healthy. But then a series of bouts of acute pain quickly convince him of the opposite. Moreover, they can last almost an entire hour. These attacks usually provoke severe physical exertion. And in some cases, a large amount of drinking water. Stones during their movement along the ureter cause pain throughout the body. In the upper and lower abdomen, in the right and left side. It can easily be confused with acute appendicitis.
The patient is sick and vomits. A person constantly feels an irresistible desire to go to the toilet, and blood will soon be seen in his urine. And when the stone finally leaves the body, a person has an increase in temperature and chills. The patient is terribly tormented for the entire time until the stones come out. He can hardly walk and eat. General weakness and deterioration of mood are noted. Often, patients resort to professional treatment.
Seventh place. Herpes Zoster
So-called lichen has been a complication of chickenpox for many years. If a person has a weak immune system, then it is likely to experience another unpleasant experience.
First, itching appears on the back. The skin is numb, then burns, and then a rash covers the right or left side of the body. The illness lasts only a few weeks, but it can lead to various skin diseases that require the use of antibiotics.
Eighth place. Pancreatic disease
The so-called pancreatitis is divided into two subspecies: acute and chronic. Both are extremely painful and can in some cases be fatal. Pancreatitis causes a delay in the flow of pancreatic juice. Recently, among the female and male population, differences in the course of the disease have become noticeable. Excessive drinking is one of the main causes of pancreatitis. During the course of the disease, the pancreas ceases to function by seventy-five percent. The consequences are irreversible. In the acute stage, pancreatic disease manifests itself in an impressive variety of symptoms. Perhaps many scientists will agree that the first and main of them is a painful pain in the ribs. It is so strong that people lose consciousness, experience pain shock, or even die. The attack is incredible in its duration: several days of ongoing acute pain.
During a pancreatic disease, a person does not want to eat anything. He is constantly sick. The patient begins to have problems with stool, he is actively losing weight. His pressure rises or falls. The suffering during pancreatic disease is terrible. They are more than worthy to take their rightful eighth place in the ranking of the most severe pain in humans.
Ninth place. Acute arthritis
Answering the question, what is the most severe pain in the world, is not so simple. But arthritis, from which a huge number of people suffer today, cannot but be included in the list. Caused most often by malnutrition or lack of vitamins, this ailment has long won the glory of an unpleasant disease. In overwhelming number of cases, it affects adult men and women who have reached the age of forty, but children are not protected from some forms of arthritis.
The disease manifests itself mainly in the form of acute pain in the affected joint. Also one of the symptoms is redness of the skin. The patient can not strain the joint, which is now also swollen to an incredible size. And do not forget that a person prone to arthritis experiences constant weakness. In the end, lack of appetite leads to unhealthy weight loss. Due to arthritis, the patient cannot even sleep, because at night the pain (already intolerable) only intensifies.
Conclusion
If you ask a person on the street what pain is most severe, it is hardly possible to get a full-fledged or unequivocal answer. But thanks to the modern development of science, people can now with absolute accuracy find out what they could experience for themselves. However, everyone knows one of the simplest truths. The most severe pain in the world to people is caused by people. Or not?