Renal colic is often described by patients as the worst pain ever experienced.1
Pain
during childbirth is also similarly described.2
To date, no study has comparatively
evaluated the pain of renal colic to that of childbirth in female patients who have
experienced both. Furthermore, no such study has evaluated the perception that men
with renal colic have with respect to the pain experienced during childbirth. Here we
present our cross-sectional observational study to address these questions. The primary
objectives of our study were to answer these questions and highlight the severity of
renal colic which is not always faced and treated aggressively
