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People are deeply disturbed after seeing what kidney stones look like under a microscope

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Published 14:55 24 Feb 2025 GMT

People are deeply disturbed after seeing what kidney stones look like under a microscope

It's no wonder that they're so painful

Harry Boulton

Harry Boulton

You can get surprising results when putting just about anything under the microscope, but seeing what kidney stones look like close up has left many people feeling deeply disturbed as the images aren't exactly pretty.

When it comes to your body there are few things more universally painful than a bad kidney stone, as the process of passing it through your urine can be unbelievably excruciating depending on the size of the stone.

If you're lucky then the stones will be formed in a miniscule enough size that you don't even notice, but some experience instances where they need to be broken up by shock wave lithotripsy, allowing them to pass easier - and it's not a nice thing to go through to say the least.

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Thanks to scientist Murry Gans at Eastfield College in Dallas, Texas, we've been able to get a look at kidney stones underneath the fine eye of a microscope, and they look just about as painful as they feel.

Certainly not something you'd want floating around your body... (Murray Gans/Eastfield College)
Certainly not something you'd want floating around your body... (Murray Gans/Eastfield College)

Murray's images show the crystalized, almost rocky formation of the stones, which explains why they're able to hurt so much when inside your body outside of a size perspective.

It's almost like thousands of tiny daggers prodding and stabbing your insides, and then imagine having to pass that out of your body when you pee - not nice!

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Many on social media have expressed their fear at these images, especially those who have had the unfortunate experience of passing kidney stones themselves.



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"This looks bad, but I swear to God it feels even worse," explains one user. "10mm stone destroyed me mentally at the time. Passed out once and begged numerous times to just put me out of my misery."

Another adds that "that's why it feels like you're p*ssing out a razor blade," whereas one other comment put: "Can confirm: that's what they feel like."

Certainly not an experience you'd wish even on your worst enemy, but they're often unpredictable and difficult to avoid. As reported by Vox, kidney stones are developed when your body is unable to dilute substances like calcium and uric acid in your urine.

These then form together and clump into a ball-like structure, only with all of the horrifying spikes that you can painfully see in the microscope images.

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Many have pleaded that you drink enough water in order to avoid stones from forming, but it's also a case of peeing as much as you can when you do go to the toilet, as hard as that may be.

Featured Image Credit: Peter Dazeley / Getty
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