7. Having the largest kidney is quite painful.
Ahmed Saeed Mohammed Omar, a 56-year-old male, was presented with an official certificate for having the world’s largest kidney. It was removed by a Dubai surgeon nine months ago, named Dr. Fariborz Bagheri, who is the leader of the Urology Department in Dubai Hospital. They had removed a 4.25 kg (9lb 5.91 oz) non-functional kidney from Ahmed. He was suffering from Polycystic Kidney Disease. Polycystic Kidney Disease, or PKD, is a genetic disorder that causes abnormal cysts to develop and grow in the kidneys.
Ahmed’s extremely enlarged kidneys caused his belly to swell and compress all his other internal organs until he had difficulties breathing. The kidney measured a whopping 34 centimeters by 17 centimeters in diameter. To put that into perspective, that means it was bigger than a rugby ball. The record-breaking kidney was almost twice the weight of the previous record of 2.14 kg (4.72 lbs), which was removed in 2011 at the Institute of Urology in Dhule, India.