What is the most painful disease in the world? Clinically, these 6 kinds of 'pain' have been experienced by superhumans

The 2017 Global Pain Index report shows that 91% of Chinese people experience physical pain , and 34% of them experience physical pain every week, most commonly in the neck (17%), shoulders (15%) and lower back (14%). %). As early as 2000, the World Health Organization proposed that "chronic pain is a type of disease", and in China, the number of chronic pain patients has exceeded 300 million.

When they feel pain, most people choose to endure it, or they feel that pain is not a disease and cannot be solved by a doctor. In fact, some pains are really unbearable, unimaginable, and can't be solved by forbearance.

1. Why do people feel pain?

Modern medicine regards pain as a complex psychological activity, which belongs to a subjective feeling of people, and the feeling varies from person to person. Some people screamed when they were pricked with needles, and some people bleed on the battlefield without making a sound. Pain is actually produced by receptors on nerve endings. When the receptors are stimulated, they are transmitted to the brain through the spine, resulting in pain.

In addition to being able to feel pain, people also have an anti-pain system. This system sends signals to suppress pain through nerves, and body fluids secrete substances such as endorphins and dynorphins to help people relieve pain.

Mild pain: Pain but tolerable, normal life, undisturbed sleep.

Moderate pain: The pain is severe and unbearable, requiring analgesics, and sleep is disturbed.

Severe pain: The pain is severe and unbearable, analgesic drugs are required, sleep is severely disturbed, and it may be accompanied by autonomic dysfunction or passive posture.

Second, these kinds of pain, experienced is superman

Pain is an obvious symptom that prompts us to discover our physical condition. Some pains cannot be passed by "forbearance". After experiencing these pains, we know what "health is the most important".

1. Kidney stones

Kidney stones are a manifestation of abnormal mineralization in the human body. When the salt and expandable substances in the urine accumulate and harden, they become stones. The stone flows with the blood, causing spasm of the renal pelvis and ureter. The patient will feel pain radiating from the waist, to the lower abdomen and perineum , and will be accompanied by sweating, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

For stones with a diameter of less than 6mm and a smooth surface, they can be excreted through urine by drinking a lot of water, doing exercises such as skipping rope. If the stone is too large, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is recommended for treatment. For stones larger than 2 cm, minimally invasive surgery is recommended.

2. Trigeminal neuralgia

Trigeminal neuralgia is caused by small blood vessels compressing the nerves, causing nerve dysfunction, resulting in sudden facial pain, which many people mistaken for toothache.

During the attack, the patient will feel tingling, throbbing, electric shock-like pain, knife-like pain, tear-like pain , and severe pain can affect speech, eating, washing face, brushing teeth, etc.

3. Herpes zoster neuralgia

Herpes zoster is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus that infects the human body and affects the skin and nerves. Generally, there will be band-shaped clusters of blisters on one side of the body, such as the chest, abdomen, and waist, and accompanied by pain. Even after healing, the pain will continue, that is, postherpetic neuralgia.

This kind of pain does not require any stimulation, such as burning the skin with fire or cutting the skin with a knife . Seriously, even if the skin comes into contact with sheets and clothing, it will induce pain , and the affected area will also feel numbness and ants. .

4. Gout

Gout is a crystal-related arthropathy caused by the deposition of monosodium urate, which causes severe pain in the joints due to the deposition of uric acid in the joints.

For chronic gout, the pain is mild, the duration is short, and the joints will have symptoms such as redness, swelling, and fever; for acute gout, the pain is very severe, tearing, cutting, and biting, and the pain can last for 12 hours. .

5. Cancer pain

Because the tumor or the metastatic tumor of the tumor invades and oppresses the nerves of other organs, or during the treatment process, surgery and chemotherapy cause damage to the body, it will cause physical pain.

Cancer pain brings physical and mental disability to patients and their families . For patients, it is equivalent to experiencing the suffering of purgatory, eating difficulties, affecting sleep and mood. Even if they take painkillers, they cannot be completely suppressed. If the control is not good, it will also lead to The accelerated progression of cancer seriously affects the quality of life.

6. Childbirth

Medically, pain is divided into 10 grades, and childbirth is the highest. This kind of pain does not pass in seconds, and often lasts for more than ten hours, or even a day or two. Specifically, the natural childbirth process of a puerpera includes: the first, second, and third stages of labor.

The first stage of labor , the dilation of the cervix, usually takes 12 hours for primiparas, and pregnant mothers experience uterine contractions about every 10 minutes;

The second stage of labor, the process from the full opening of the cervix to the complete delivery of the fetus, the baby has to be forced out of the vagina, one can imagine how severe the pain is;

In the third stage of labor , the placenta is delivered after the fetus is delivered. At this time, the mother can successfully deliver the placenta by exerting force again, and the pain is slightly reduced.

In 2017, a pregnant woman in Shaanxi lost control of her emotions due to unbearable pain. She fell from the sky and died... One can imagine how great every mother is.

3. Pain is a disease, don't bear it

Long-term pain can cause a series of pathophysiological changes, affect people's emotional and mental health, and even lead to sympathetic nerve dysfunction. But pain is also divided into "good pain" and "bad pain." Good pain is an alarm signal for the human body, which indicates the onset of a certain disease, while bad pain is chronic and intractable pain, which often recurs and is difficult to relieve.

If the pain exceeds your ability to regulate, you need to seek professional pain treatment. In addition to taking medicine for pain relief, go to a pain specialist for treatment if necessary.

The current mainstream pain treatment is mainly based on minimally invasive treatment, which is suitable for various chronic pains. In addition, the analgesic methods also include ozone therapy, radiofrequency neuromodulation, damage, low temperature plasma disc ablation, spinal cord stimulation, foraminal endoscopic techniques, etc. Through effective treatment, the pain has been greatly improved. Hell to heaven", so it is better to seek professional help.

Tolerance to pain may delay the best time for diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. Timely treatment is the best way to solve pain.

References:

[1] "Pain is a distress signal, don't endure these pains anymore! ". The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University. 2020-10-16

[2] World Pain Relief Day | Which diseases are the most painful in the world? I hope you won't meet any of them". China Medical News. 2021-10-11

[3] "The small intestine necrosis caused by the pain of childbirth, how painful is childbirth? 》. Medical Obstetrics and Gynecology Channel. 2022-05-09

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