Results: Your Worst Pain
Published on 12/08/2014
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Medical practitioners often ask patients to rate the pain they are feeling on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is feeling fine and 10 is absolutely unbearable. How would you rate the worst pain you've ever felt? 1-3
3%
56 votes
4-5
5%
107 votes
6-7
13%
271 votes
8-9
27%
544 votes
10
42%
847 votes
Don't know
10%
203 votes
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What was the primary cause of this pain? Injury
21%
418 votes
Toothache
15%
299 votes
Acute medical condition (heart attack, appendicitis, etc)
11%
215 votes
Chronic medical condition (arthritis, cancer, etc)
10%
211 votes
Surgical procedure
14%
287 votes
N/A
12%
249 votes
Other (please specify)
17%
349 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| childbirth | 2.27% | 46 |
| labor | 1.58% | 32 |
| giving birth | 1.23% | 25 |
| child birth | 1.08% | 22 |
| 0.94% | 19 | |
| labour | 0.39% | 8 |
| kidney stone | 0.39% | 8 |
| migraine | 0.35% | 7 |
| birth | 0.25% | 5 |
| labor pains | 0.25% | 5 |
| back | 0.20% | 4 |
| headache | 0.20% | 4 |
| having a baby | 0.20% | 4 |
| shingles | 0.20% | 4 |
| natural childbirth | 0.15% | 3 |
| baby | 0.15% | 3 |
| contractions | 0.15% | 3 |
| child labor | 0.15% | 3 |
| back pain | 0.15% | 3 |
| miscarriage | 0.15% | 3 |
| giving birth! | 0.10% | 2 |
| kidney stones | 0.10% | 2 |
| slipped disk | 0.10% | 2 |
| cramps | 0.10% | 2 |
| burns | 0.10% | 2 |
| dislocated knee | 0.10% | 2 |
| gall bladder attack | 0.10% | 2 |
| labor and delivery | 0.10% | 2 |
| child birth hahaha! | 0.05% | 1 |
| back problems | 0.05% | 1 |
| pulmonary embolism | 0.05% | 1 |
| menstral cramps | 0.05% | 1 |
| nerve damage | 0.05% | 1 |
| liver pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| noyb | 0.05% | 1 |
| ectopic pregnancy | 0.05% | 1 |
| collapsed lung | 0.05% | 1 |
| fissure | 0.05% | 1 |
| childborth | 0.05% | 1 |
| heartache/broken heart & yes, i am serious | 0.05% | 1 |
| tooth extraction | 0.05% | 1 |
| toe cramps | 0.05% | 1 |
| strange blood disorder. | 0.05% | 1 |
| false labor | 0.05% | 1 |
| i have cronic pain in my tummy an at random other parts of my body | 0.05% | 1 |
| having abscessed tooth pulled w/o anesthesia | 0.05% | 1 |
| delivery | 0.05% | 1 |
| combination | 0.05% | 1 |
| stones | 0.05% | 1 |
| menstrual cramp | 0.05% | 1 |
| uterine fibroids and cysts | 0.05% | 1 |
| stomach | 0.05% | 1 |
| after surgery my red blood cells dropped and my white cells were elevated causing great pain. i was screaming in pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| piercing | 0.05% | 1 |
| infected si joint | 0.05% | 1 |
| had wooden reels dropped on me off of a forklift | 0.05% | 1 |
| getting surgical screws removed from legs | 0.05% | 1 |
| shingles--nerve pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| contractions/giving birth | 0.05% | 1 |
| lung clapsed | 0.05% | 1 |
| random pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| hips and lower back | 0.05% | 1 |
| ibs | 0.05% | 1 |
| having twins | 0.05% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
| child birth, migrane | 0.05% | 1 |
| ovarian cyst rupture and childbirth (3rd child - 9+lbs) | 0.05% | 1 |
| required surgery | 0.05% | 1 |
| labor pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| tubular pregnancy | 0.05% | 1 |
| cluster headaches | 0.05% | 1 |
| flu | 0.05% | 1 |
| pancreatitis | 0.05% | 1 |
| dislocated hip | 0.05% | 1 |
| velvet ant sting | 0.05% | 1 |
| centipede bite | 0.05% | 1 |
| labor premature | 0.05% | 1 |
| staff infection on spine | 0.05% | 1 |
| pulled muscle | 0.05% | 1 |
| abortion | 0.05% | 1 |
| child birth | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| pains in my back | 0.05% | 1 |
| wounds | 0.05% | 1 |
| accouchement | 0.05% | 1 |
| childbirth and auto amun problems | 0.05% | 1 |
| childbirth and gallbladder attack | 0.05% | 1 |
| not going to tell ya | 0.05% | 1 |
| migraine, ovarian cysts | 0.05% | 1 |
| my back | 0.05% | 1 |
| pimple | 0.05% | 1 |
| broken wrist | 0.05% | 1 |
| having a baby, lol! | 0.05% | 1 |
| migrane headache | 0.05% | 1 |
| urinary problem | 0.05% | 1 |
| labor with my son | 0.05% | 1 |
| carpal tunnel | 0.05% | 1 |
| ruptured ovarian cyst | 0.05% | 1 |
| jagging head pain-headache | 0.05% | 1 |
| natural childbirth and botched surgery to correct c section. | 0.05% | 1 |
| sinusinfection and migran at same time | 0.05% | 1 |
| charlie horses that lasted 2+ hours. couldn't move and i have a high tolerance to pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| abdominal cramps | 0.05% | 1 |
| bulging discs | 0.05% | 1 |
| menstrual | 0.05% | 1 |
| swollen infection | 0.05% | 1 |
| childbirth!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i have chronic migraines and the pain can be debilitating. | 0.05% | 1 |
| fever | 0.05% | 1 |
| blood clot in leg | 0.05% | 1 |
| back! | 0.05% | 1 |
| medical device attached to head | 0.05% | 1 |
| dentist | 0.05% | 1 |
| a god damned woman | 0.05% | 1 |
| labor pain...ouch!!!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| sciatic nerve pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| endometriosis | 0.05% | 1 |
| frozen shoulder | 0.05% | 1 |
| fibromyalgia | 0.05% | 1 |
| pain i have everyday | 0.05% | 1 |
| back sprain | 0.05% | 1 |
| a internal a week after having a baby & just before they did a dnc | 0.05% | 1 |
| severe urinary tract infection | 0.05% | 1 |
| post reaction to medical procedure | 0.05% | 1 |
| giving birth, car accident | 0.05% | 1 |
| child labor pains | 0.05% | 1 |
| disc herniation | 0.05% | 1 |
| gullian bura | 0.05% | 1 |
| migrain | 0.05% | 1 |
| chidl birth | 0.05% | 1 |
| kindney stones | 0.05% | 1 |
| perforated colon | 0.05% | 1 |
| natural childbirth-----it's rated a 26 by medical professionals!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| belly button pierced. nothing ever has come close in my life | 0.05% | 1 |
| locked bowel | 0.05% | 1 |
| infection | 0.05% | 1 |
| ruptured disc | 0.05% | 1 |
| nerve pain | 0.05% | 1 |
| viral condition in spine | 0.05% | 1 |
| gallstones | 0.05% | 1 |
| schild birth | 0.05% | 1 |
| menstral | 0.05% | 1 |
| labor, and spinal menajitise | 0.05% | 1 |
| food poisining | 0.05% | 1 |
| labour! | 0.05% | 1 |
| 3rd degree tear after giving birth | 0.05% | 1 |
| sciatia | 0.05% | 1 |
| stomach ache | 0.05% | 1 |
| severe sinus infection | 0.05% | 1 |
| severe ear infection inside and out in both ears | 0.05% | 1 |
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What was done to alleviate this pain? Surgical procedure
17%
336 votes
Non-surgical medical procedure
10%
202 votes
Dental procedure
11%
220 votes
Drugs
39%
797 votes
Nothing - learned to live with the pain
9%
191 votes
Nothing - pain went away on its own
12%
250 votes
N/A
12%
240 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
97 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| epidural | 0.34% | 8 |
| 0.30% | 7 | |
| gave birth | 0.13% | 3 |
| physical therapy | 0.13% | 3 |
| had a baby | 0.13% | 3 |
| baby born | 0.09% | 2 |
| medication | 0.09% | 2 |
| weed and booze mostly. some cocaine | 0.04% | 1 |
| cast | 0.04% | 1 |
| more anesthetic | 0.04% | 1 |
| god bless chiropracters! | 0.04% | 1 |
| exercise | 0.04% | 1 |
| i kind of had to learn to live with the pain but a lot of times i wish god would just take me home. don't believe in suicide though. | 0.04% | 1 |
| i am waiting to see what the surgeon is going to do | 0.04% | 1 |
| nothing-the pain stopped when it was over | 0.04% | 1 |
| injections, followed by pain medications | 0.04% | 1 |
| future surgery | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain shots | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain killers | 0.04% | 1 |
| continual chiropractic visits | 0.04% | 1 |
| wrist bandages | 0.04% | 1 |
| emergency room | 0.04% | 1 |
| having my baby | 0.04% | 1 |
| baby was born | 0.04% | 1 |
| set broken arm | 0.04% | 1 |
| haha, i had my baby | 0.04% | 1 |
| hospital stay with meds | 0.04% | 1 |
| appropr. cream, then ultimately it went away | 0.04% | 1 |
| waiting for brain surgery | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain was only for a second | 0.04% | 1 |
| delivered the baby----but then the normal pains lasts a lifetime | 0.04% | 1 |
| the doctor stopped doing what he was doing. | 0.04% | 1 |
| delivered a baby...pain went away | 0.04% | 1 |
| deliever baby | 0.04% | 1 |
| baby came out after many hours | 0.04% | 1 |
| otc aleve | 0.04% | 1 |
| nothing the doctor was an ass! | 0.04% | 1 |
| labor pains | 0.04% | 1 |
| child birth | 0.04% | 1 |
| physiotherapy | 0.04% | 1 |
| deep breathing | 0.04% | 1 |
| along with physical therapy until healing was complete | 0.04% | 1 |
| god healed me | 0.04% | 1 |
| falling and aging | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain sent away, saw doctor, had surgery | 0.04% | 1 |
| delivery | 0.04% | 1 |
| time- 1 year pain still there | 0.04% | 1 |
| had the baby | 0.04% | 1 |
| rode it out | 0.04% | 1 |
| 6 wks of iv thru picc line followed by 6 wks oral antibiotics | 0.04% | 1 |
| shot | 0.04% | 1 |
| birth | 0.04% | 1 |
| sleep | 0.04% | 1 |
| i take lot over the counter pain meds that are damaging my body as my docs didnt help me | 0.04% | 1 |
| lots of transfusions | 0.04% | 1 |
| had to pull up my toes | 0.04% | 1 |
| lack of sleep | 0.04% | 1 |
| morphine | 0.04% | 1 |
| blood thinners | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain was while in hospital, and it was treated with drugs. didn't need them after a few days. | 0.04% | 1 |
| child was born | 0.04% | 1 |
| didn't help completely. still in chronic pain | 0.04% | 1 |
| still have the pain | 0.04% | 1 |
| delivered child naturally | 0.04% | 1 |
| natural | 0.04% | 1 |
| recognized i had an mrsa and begun herbal/homeopathic self treatment - garlic and boneset are fantastic btw | 0.04% | 1 |
| epidural! | 0.04% | 1 |
| focus | 0.04% | 1 |
| otc generic medication | 0.04% | 1 |
| deliver baby | 0.04% | 1 |
| physiotherapy, exercises | 0.04% | 1 |
| pain went away with drugs and rest. | 0.04% | 1 |
| physio therapy | 0.04% | 1 |
| fluids and a flush | 0.04% | 1 |
| drugs at first, later surgery | 0.04% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.04% | 1 |
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