THE WORST PAIN ONE CAN POSSIBLY FEEL REVEALED BY SCIENTISTS

According to a study, this is the worst pain a person can experience. Even though I'm sure we'd all agree that stubs rank among the most unpleasant and painful things a person can go through, they didn't even make the top ten in this study. No, it also didn't include standing barefoot on a piece of Lego.

Previous studies have suggested that kidney stones are one of the most painful things you can endure. More than 78% of female participants and nearly 89% of male participants in one study reported that kidney stones were the worst pain they had ever experienced. However, a more recent study, which was published in 2020, has indicated that this is not the case. In this study, more than 1,600 people with cluster headaches were asked to compare the pain of cluster headaches to that of other painful conditions like migraine attacks, stab wounds, and bone fractures.

With a mean score of 9.7 out of 10 on the pain scale, cluster headaches were rated as the most painful condition by respondents. Cluster headaches are defined as "a very painful type of headache" that "occurs in periods of frequent attacks known as clusters," according to the Mayo Clinic.

Sharp pain behind one eye that radiates to other parts of the face, head, and neck, pain on one side of the head, restlessness, a runny or stuffy nose, and changes in skin colour on the affected side of the face are some of the symptoms. With an average score of 7.2, childbirth ranked second in the study, while pancreatitis came in third with a score of 7. On the other hand, kidney stones scored 6.9, placing them in fourth place.

A gunshot wound, gallstones, a slipping disc in your spine, a migraine attack, fibromyalgia, and a bone fracture were among the other conditions that required a score higher than five. Even though heart attacks are among the most deadly conditions mentioned in the study, they only received a score of five out of ten on the scale. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, with 805,000 Americans suffering a heart attack annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, cluster headaches do not pose a threat to life.

"They're extremely rare and affect around 0.1 percent of the global population", says Cleveland Clinic.