The Most PAINFUL Thing a Human Can Experience?? | Kidney Stones

Hey everyone! I just want to be super clear about something towards the end of the video — it's not that spinach, potatoes and beans should be avoided by all individuals at all times (or that they're unhealthy). The issue is that once someone has a kidney stone, the likelihood of them developing another stone within the next few years is EXTREMELY high. It's these individuals that will need to make the most drastic dietary changes. For most everyone else, diets high in citrate and that include a significant water intake are usually seen to be a best practice. As always though, consult your doctor and find the best path forward for you. Thanks!

Well I’ve never had a kidney stone and this comment section makes me wanna do literally everything I can to avoid getting one

I had a teacher who had kidney stones. Occasionally they'd hurt him during class and he'd lean on his desk, head down, teeth clenched and say: "Kids, drink your water! Please, drink your water!!"

I had my first kidney stone in 2014 and it woke me up out of a dead sleep and I was SCREAMING! If you can imagine being stabbed in them kidney with a red hot jagged spike, then it being twisted over and over, you KINDA get the idea. I thought I was dying and got no relief until I begged the ER for meds to make it stop. Worst pain I’ve ever experienced and I’ve had it twice.

I had a kidney stone in 2019. As a man, I am extremely reluctant to complain about pain, but I ended up in the ER, and after the nurses waited around for a while, I broke down and started SHOUTING from the room in which they had left me, all the way out to the nurses' station/waiting room "Help! Help! Help!" I almost couldn't form multi-word sentences. All social restraint was gone. The nurse said my eyes were rolling around in my head and she thought I was going to pass out at any moment, so THEN they took me seriously, and my 1.3 cm stone was removed surgically, thank God.

I passed a kidney stone when I was 9 months pregnant. The pain was so bad I thought I was in labor and went to the hospital. Luckily it passed and they sent me home. 5 days later I delivered my son and I can say indefinitely the kidney stone pain was much worse.

It feels like being stabbed with a hot knife. Then, every twenty minutes someone comes and twists it. This could go on for several hours or even days. You can’t sit up because it hurts, so you try to stand but that hurts. You can’t lie down because that hurts too so you just kneel over some cushions or curl up on the floor. Then the pain is so intense, you just puke for what seems like an hour until there’s absolutely nothing left. You can’t eat, sleep, or even drink a little water for quite some time. Best thing to do is get a heating pad and eventually you will get so exhausted, you’ll pass out for a brief respite between the stabbing pains.

My grandpa had kidney stones a few months ago. He is 86 years old and he is a colonel of the air force, i’ve never seen him asking for help, in pain or complaining. As far as i can remember under all circumstances he preserved a strong posture and never asked for help. When he got kidney stones it was the first time that he desperately called for help during the night and my grandma said that he wept in the hospital, and she said it was the first time of that happening. Stay safe friends

What a wonderful, young man who explains everything with such enthusiasm. We need more like him.

This happened to me and it was so painful that I just made my peace. I thought it was over...

Alternate title: Man scares you into keeping hydrated

Let me give you a tip! I dealt with a kidney stone in September of 2022 and it was the worst pain I ever experienced. Not because it’s unbearable, but because it’s never ending. It’s a constant flow of horrible pain. During the first night of dealing with the stone I suffered greatly. I couldn’t sleep or even sit still without the horrible pain making me worried that I may be possibly dying. I would easy get dizzy and light headed because of how extreme the pain is. Overtime I found a home remedy. Whenever the pain would come back and I could tolerate it no longer, I would step into the shower for about 20 minutes and let the hot water just hit my kidney. By that time my kidney would start numbing and I would no longer feel the pain. When I was good, I would go lay down and try to sleep. When the pain came back and I would wake up in the middle of the night, I would do the same thing. Shower, numb, sleep. Keep doing this over and over and trust me, it will make your experience a lot easier!

My dad had kidney stones, and I remember the doctor saying that passing a kidney stone is the nearest thing a man can experience to the pain of childbirth.

I think it's safe to say that a lot of us started drinking more water after watching this.

This video made me want to drink more water immediately

This definitely hurts more than childbirth. 100% it’s the worst thing a human can go through aside from purposeful torture. The sweat, the loss of limb control, the vomiting, the loss of bladder and bowl control…never have I thought I was dying the way I did that day. I’ve also passed a premature pregnancy and it was painful too, throwing up, shaking, shitting, bleeding, but nothing compared to the kidney stone. Ibuprofen worked for passing the fetus but I wouldn’t stop involuntarily shaking until they gave me morphine to the vein for the kidney. I thought my spine had somehow broken and I was genuinely afraid I wouldn’t be able to walk again. My husband and I have both had them so thankfully someone near me understood.

I've never had kidney stones, but I have had a burst appendix and lived with arthritis most of my life, so the idea that it could be even worse than those two is scary as hell. 😮

Ive had kindey stones multiple times, I remember the first time, it was 8 years ago, I was 12. Me and my parents were watching a movie at night thats when I first started feeling a kind of unexplainable pain, I thought it was my back but it wasnt, I hid the pain away until the morning. I woke up in the biggest pain I will ever experience. I threw up 17 times that day because of the pain. After throwing up 12 times, the last 5 times were just blood because I didnt have anything else to throw up. We were of course at the hospital for a few days and I going to the cafeteria with my mom. I saw a kid at my age that had cancer. That child died a few days later... I will never forget the pain of the kidney stones, but at the same time... I will never ever explain how thankful I was to have ONLY kidney stones...

The feeling of relief when it passes is incredible. I was nauseous, and doubled over in pain with a stone for hours. When it moved on, the pain and nausea disappeared in minutes. The euphoria of going from one exteme to another cannot be decribed !!!

We really should be so grateful 🙏 when our bodies are working well. And grateful to the donors who are helping us understand our bodies. Thank you !